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† pimˈgenet slang or dial. Obs.
Forms: 7 pimpgenet, pimginnit, 7–8 -ginit, 8 -ginet, -gennet, 9 pimgenet.
[Origin unknown. For Forby's conjecture in quot. a 1825, evidence is wanting; the alleged sense ‘pomegranate’ is not recorded in Eng. Dial. Dict.]
A pimple: see quots.
1693tr. Cowley's Plants i. in C.'s Wks. 22 My conquering hand Pimpgenets cannot shun, Nor blackish, yellow spots the Face o'er-run. 1694Dunton's Ladies Dict. (N.), To stand..parching his pimginits, carbuncles, and buboes. a1700B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Pimginnit, a large, red, angry Pimple. 1719D'Urfey Pills V. 314 The Lass with a Wainscot Face, and from Pim-ginets free. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Pimegenet. 1. A very delicate and mincing diminutive of piemgenet for pomegranate. 2. A small red pimple. Possibly a hyperbolically figurative application of the first sense. 1847–78Halliwell, Pimgenet, a small red pimple. ‘Nine pimgenets make a pock royal’, Old Saying. |