PIMP Pimp, n. Etym: [Cf. F. pimpant smart, sparkish; perh. akin to piper to pipe, formerly also, to excel. Cf. Pipe.]
Defn: One who provides gratification for the lust of others; a procurer; a pander. Swift.
PIMP
Pimp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pimped; p. pr. & vb. n. Pimping.]
Defn: To procure women for the gratification of others' lusts; to pander. Dryden.
PIMPERNEL Pim"per*nel, n. Etym: [F. pimprenelle; cf. Sp. pimpinela, It. pimpinella; perh. from LL. bipinnella, for bipinnula two-winged, equiv. to L. bipennis; bis twice + penna feather, wing. Cf. Pen a feather.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant of the genus Anagallis, of which one species (A. arvensis) has small flowers, usually scarlet, but sometimes purple, blue, or white, which speedily close at the approach of bad weather. Water pimpernel. (Bot.) See Brookweed.
PIMPILLO
Pim"pil*lo, n. (Bot.)
Defn: A West Indian name for the prickly pear (Opuntia); — called also pimploes.
PIMPINEL
Pim"pi*nel, n. Etym: [See Pimpernel.] (Bot.)
Defn: The burnet saxifrage. See under Saxifrage.