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agnail

/ˈæɡneɪl/

agnail noun: torn skin near a toenail or fingernail.

Noun

agnail (plural agnails)

  1. 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.1866, E[liza] Lynn Linton, “Margaret and Ainslie”, in Lizzie Lorton of Greyrigg. […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 121, column 2
    Synonyms:
    hangnail
  2. (obsolete) A corn or sore on the toe or finger.

agnail meaning in Kannada

agnail in Kannada

ಉಗುರುಸುತ್ತು, ಕಿಲ್ಲುಗುರು

Synonyms of agnail

Forms of agnail

pluralagnails

Origin of agnail

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

Questions about agnail

What does agnail mean?
Agnail means torn skin near a toenail or fingernail.
What is agnail in Kannada?
Agnail in Kannada is ಉಗುರುಸುತ್ತು, ಕಿಲ್ಲುಗುರು. See Agnail meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is agnail?
Agnail is a noun.
How do you pronounce agnail?
Agnail is pronounced /ˈæɡneɪl/.
What is the plural of agnail?
The plural of agnail is agnails.

Words near agnail in the dictionary

  1. AGMP
  2. AGMPs
  3. AGMs
  4. agmt.
  5. AGN
  6. agnail
  7. agnails
  8. agname
  9. agnamed
  10. agnames
  11. agnate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: agnail (page history and authors); agnail (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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