Pimple Definition

pĭmpəl
pimples
noun
pimples
Any small, rounded, usually inflamed swelling of the skin; papule or pustule.
Webster's New World

(slang) An annoying person.

He's such a pimple! I wish he'd stop being so irritating!
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Pimple

Noun

Singular:
pimple
Plural:
pimples

Origin of Pimple

  • Early Modern English pimple, pumple (not found in Middle English), probably a nasalised variation of Old English piplian, pyplian "to break out in pimples, show erruptions". Akin to Old English pipliġende "having shingles".

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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