HANGNAIL


Meaning of HANGNAIL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌnāl ]

noun

Etymology: by folk etymology from agnail inflammation about the nail, from Middle English, corn on the foot or toe, from Old English angnægl, from ang- (akin to enge tight, painful) + nægl nail — more at anger

Date: 1678

: a bit of skin hanging loose at the side or root of a fingernail

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