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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nagnail

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nag-nail
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hangnail.

British usage; Obsolete

Etymology

Perhaps from a rebracketing of "an 'angnail".

Usage

Inflected Forms

nagnails (plural)

Questions

What does nagnail mean?
A hangnail.
Where does nagnail come from?
Perhaps from a rebracketing of "an 'angnail".

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