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noun Pathology.
a small, usually inflammatory swelling or elevation of the skin; papule or pustule.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English, nasalized variant of Old English *pypel (whence pyplian to break out in pimples) < Latin papula pimple
1350–1400; Middle English, nasalized variant of Old English *pypel (whence pyplian to break out in pimples) < Latin papula pimple
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Pimple
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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pimple
c.1400, of unknown origin, perhaps related to O.E. pipligende "having shingles."
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Medical Dictionary
pimple pim·ple (pĭm'pəl)
n.
A small red swelling of the skin, usually caused by acne.
pim'pled or pim'ply adj.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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