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pimpernel
[ pim-per-nel, -nl ]
noun
- a plant belonging to the genus Anagallis, of the primrose family, especially A. arvensis scarlet pimpernel, having scarlet or white flowers that close at the approach of bad weather.
pimpernel
/ -nəl; ˈpɪmpəˌnɛl /
noun
- any of several plants of the primulaceous genus Anagallis, such as the scarlet pimpernel, typically having small star-shaped flowers
- any of several similar and related plants, such as Lysimachia nemorum ( yellow pimpernel )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pimpernel1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of pimpernel1
C15: from Old French pimpernelle, ultimately from Latin piper pepper ; compare Old English pipeneale
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Example Sentences
A faintly embarrassing situation this, even for an ancestor of the elusive Pimpernel.
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His failure in bringing that interfering Scarlet Pimpernel to justice and the guillotine had completed Chauvelin's downfall.
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She was a prisoner in the hands of those who long ago had sworn to bring The Scarlet Pimpernel to death!
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It would require more than the ingenuity of the Scarlet Pimpernel himself to untie this Gordian knot.
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As for the Scarlet Pimpernel, Chauvelin could not very well conceive what he would do under these present circumstances.
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