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pimple (iou)



pimple noun & verb. ME.

A. noun.
A small hard inflamed (occas. suppurated) spot on the skin; a papule, a pustule. ME.
G. Lord Two pieces of chocolate mean two pimples on my chin.
transf. Anything resembling a pimple; a small rounded swelling or lump. L16.
b. The head. slang. E19.
b. verb.
verb trans. Raise pimples on; spot or cover (as) with pimples. E17.
L. MacNeice The rain comes pimpling The paving stones with white.
verb intrans. Become pimply; develop small swellings, spots, etc. M17.
pimpled adjective having or characterized by pimples E16.
pimpling noun the presence of pimples; the fact of being covered with pimples: L16.
pimply adjective covered or spotted with pimples M18.