pimplyadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɪmpli/,

/ˈpɪmpl̩i/, U.S.

/ˈpɪmp(ə)li/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pimple n., -y suffix¹.

Etymology: < pimple n. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier pimpled adj., pimpling adj.

Covered with pimples; resembling or suggestive of pimples.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > [adjective] > pimple

ploukyc1440

blobbed1486

pimpled1506

ploukedc1540

precious1581

whealy1611

spotty1620

pimpling1628

plouky-faced?1645

ampery1736

pimply1747

poxya1758

papulous1800

papular1813

papulated1822

whelky1822

pimplous1906

zitty1971

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxxi. 203 Belton's [face] so pert and so pimply.

1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iii. 7 The Toad..the back flat, and covered with a pimply dusky hide.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxx. 293 A handsome face, only a little pimply as though with drinking.

1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xi. 101 He was so ungainly, so pimply about the head.., so unspeakably satisfied!

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xxxvi. 165 He..returned to find an office-boy, with a long nose, pimply face, and a Scotch accent, opening the door.

1958 Spectator 22 Aug. 260/1 The man-eating British lion By a pimply age brought down.

2001 Guardian 10 July i. 4/5 He was 31, still pimply, with what one grandee remembers as a ‘touch of the oikish’ about him.

Compounds

pimply-faced adj.

ΚΠ

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xx. 201 An elderly pimply-faced, vegetable-diet sort of man.

1937 M. Levin Old Bunch i. iii. 245 All the guys in the store were either middle-aged deadheads..or young pimply-faced smart alecks.

2001 Times 4 Apr. i. 16/3 The 350 UN soldiers—mainly pimply-faced teenagers on their national service—..were scared to death.

Derivatives

ˈpimpliness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > [noun] > spot of > pimple > state of having

papulosity1656

pimpliness1893

1893 Strand Mag. 7 35 A pimpliness of countenance.

2001 New Yamaha Road Warrior in rec.motorcycles (Usenet newsgroup) 15 June The doctor says if I keep up with the Retin-A the pimpliness will go away.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pimply
释义	pimplyadj. Brit. /ˈpɪmpli/, /ˈpɪmpl̩i/, U.S. /ˈpɪmp(ə)li/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pimple n., -y suffix¹. Etymology: < pimple n. + -y suffix¹. Compare earlier pimpled adj., pimpling adj. Covered with pimples; resembling or suggestive of pimples. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > [adjective] > pimple ploukyc1440 blobbed1486 pimpled1506 ploukedc1540 precious1581 whealy1611 spotty1620 pimpling1628 plouky-faced?1645 ampery1736 pimply1747 poxya1758 papulous1800 papular1813 papulated1822 whelky1822 pimplous1906 zitty1971 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. xxxi. 203 Belton's [face] so pert and so pimply. 1769 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (new ed.) III. iii. 7 The Toad..the back flat, and covered with a pimply dusky hide. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxx. 293 A handsome face, only a little pimply as though with drinking. 1869 ‘M. Twain’ Innocents Abroad xi. 101 He was so ungainly, so pimply about the head.., so unspeakably satisfied! 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xxxvi. 165 He..returned to find an office-boy, with a long nose, pimply face, and a Scotch accent, opening the door. 1958 Spectator 22 Aug. 260/1 The man-eating British lion By a pimply age brought down. 2001 Guardian 10 July i. 4/5 He was 31, still pimply, with what one grandee remembers as a ‘touch of the oikish’ about him. Compounds pimply-faced adj. ΚΠ 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xx. 201 An elderly pimply-faced, vegetable-diet sort of man. 1937 M. Levin Old Bunch i. iii. 245 All the guys in the store were either middle-aged deadheads..or young pimply-faced smart alecks. 2001 Times 4 Apr. i. 16/3 The 350 UN soldiers—mainly pimply-faced teenagers on their national service—..were scared to death. Derivatives ˈpimpliness n. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > eruption > [noun] > spot of > pimple > state of having papulosity1656 pimpliness1893 1893 Strand Mag. 7 35 A pimpliness of countenance. 2001 New Yamaha Road Warrior in rec.motorcycles (Usenet newsgroup) 15 June The doctor says if I keep up with the Retin-A the pimpliness will go away. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1747
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