pimple, pimpel, pimpell

[A nasalized gauge. Just as it does this the dies come together and form of A. S. pipel appearing in the pr. par. pipli- gend, pýpylgend =pimply, from Latin papula =a pimple: cf. Welsh pump a bump; Fr. pompette =a pimple.] 1. Lit. & Pathol .: A small acuminated elevation of the cuticle, resembling an enlarged papilla of the skin. It generally terminates in resolution or desquamation. 2. Fig .: A little swelling or prominence. "Cautious he pinches from the second stalk A pimple , that portends a future sprout." Cowper: Task , iii. 528. IMG:content-1092.jpg:[blocks in formation] 1. Ord. Lang.: Having pimples on the skin; full of pimples; pimply. 2. Bot .: Papillose (q. v.). *pimp'-like, a. [English pimp ; -like .] Like a pimp; low, vile, base. pimp-lōse, s. [See def.] A West Indian name for Opuntia tuna and O. vulgar is. pim-ply, a. [Eng. pimpl (e); -y.] Full of or covered with pimples; pimpled. *pimp'-ship, s. [Eng. pimp ; -ship .] The office, occupation, or person of a pimp.