pimple

Meanings

Plural: pimples

Noun

a small inflamed elevation of the skin; a pustule or papule; common symptom in acne
An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
An annoying person.
Scotch (whisky)

Verb

To develop pimples

Origin / Etymology

Early Modern English pimple, pumple, from Middle English pymple, pympyl, of uncertain origin but probably a nasalized variant of Old English *pipel, *pypel, from Old English piplian, pyplian (“to break out in pimples, show eruptions”), probably related to Latin papula (“pimple, pustule”) (from Proto-Indo-European *pap- (“pock mark, nipple”)). Akin to Old English pipliġende (“having shingles”).

Synonyms

acker, acne, hickey, pimple and blotch, plook, pustule, spot, zit

Scrabble Score: 12

pimple is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
pimple is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pimple is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

pimple is a valid Words With Friends word