Meaning
An inflamed (raised and colored) spot on the surface of the skin that is usually painful and fills with pus.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
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”).
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NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 4 recorded puzzles: