pimply

[ pim-plee ]

/ ˈpɪm pli /

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adjective, pim·pli·er, pim·pli·est.

having many pimples.

Also pim·pled

[pim-puhld]. /ˈpɪm pəld/.

Origin of pimply

First recorded in 1740–50; pimple + -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM pimply

un·pim·pled, adjective

Words nearby pimply

pimp, pimpernel, pimping, pimple, pimple copper, pimply, pimpmobile, pimp up, pin, piña, pinaceous

Example sentences from the Web for pimply

He has rather a pimply face, a perpetual grin and damp-looking, wispy, straw-coloured hair.
From Chart House to Bush Hut|Charles W. L. Bryde
“Yes; those Boy Scouts are too dern busy,” put in the other, a pale-faced, pimply lad of about seventeen.
The Boy Scouts at the Panama Canal|John Henry Goldfrap
It did not strike me till far into the evening that the pimply young reprobates were making the girls drunk.
American Notes|Rudyard Kipling
When she's got a red nose and a pimply face, and a sharp tongue, you'd be glad enough to see her at the wash-tub then.
The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson|Anthony Trollope

Even the pimply clerk at the desk, discerning her unescorted state, had changed subtly in voice and manner.
Winner Take All|Larry Evans