🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

여드름이 툴쑥불쑥한

Native Script:여드름이 난

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yeodeureumi tulsulsulsukan

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pimply/ˈpɪm.pli/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #14500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 사춘기 시절에 여드름이 난 얼굴이었다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Having or covered with pimples; full of small skin eruptions.

    "He felt self-conscious about his pimply face during his teenage years."
  2. 2

    Resembling a pimple or having a small, raised, pustular appearance.

    "The surface of the cheap plastic toy was pimply and rough."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the noun 'pimple', which traces back to Middle English 'pimple', possibly a variant of Old English 'pipor' or related to Middle Dutch 'pimpel'. The adjectival suffix '-y' was added in the late 16th century to denote a condition characterized by or abounding in pimples.

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