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agnail

(ag′nāl′)

noun

a sore or swelling around a fingernail or toenail
a hangnail

Origin: ME angnail < OE angnægl, a corn (on the toe or foot) < ange, pain (akin to anger) + nægl, nail (metal): orig. in reference to the nail-head appearance of the excrescence

See agnail in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A hangnail.
A painful sore or swelling around a fingernail or toenail.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English angnail, corn

Origin: , from Old English angnǽgl

Origin: : ang-, painful; see angh- in Indo-European roots

Origin: + nǽgl, peg, nail; see nail

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