pim・pleの英語

語源

Early Modern English pimple, pumple, from 中期英語 pymple, pympyl, of uncertain origin but probably a nasalized variant of 古期英語 *pipel, *pypel, from 古期英語 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 古期英語 pipliġende (“having shingles”).

発音

• enPR: pĭm'p(ə)l, IPA: /ˈpɪmp(ə)l/
• 韻: -ɪmpəl

名詞

pimple (plural pimples)

1. (dermatology) An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.

   I had to pop that embarrassing pimple, it was huge and red and on the tip of my nose.

2. (slang) An annoying person.

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

3. (Cockney rhyming slang) Scotch (whisky)

   Synonym: pimple and blotch

同意語

• acker (old Australian slang)
• acne
• pustule
• spot (UK, slang)
• plook (Scottish)
• zit (US, slang)

派生語

参考

• blackhead
• whitehead

動詞

pimple (third-person singular simple present pimples, present participle pimpling, simple past and past participle pimpled)

1. To develop pimples.

参照

• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Pimple”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.