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agnail

/ˈæɡneɪl/

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From Middle English agnail, from Old English angnægl, from ang- + nægl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.

noun agnails

Torn skin near a toenail or fingernail. […] Corrie bit another atom from off the corner of his nail. He had a troublesome "back-friend" or "agnail," at which he often bit.
Similar: hangnail
obsolete A corn or sore on the toe or finger.

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@misc{agnail_2026,
  title = {agnail},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/agnail},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}