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fingernailed

fingernailed adjective: having fingernails (often of a specified kind).

Adjective

fingernailed (not comparable)

  1. Having fingernails (often of a specified kind).
    • a dirty-fingernailed hustler
    • “Are you aware, by the way, that Santoul is quite well known in the entertainment world? His filmworks are playing in quite a few theaters in Likat—” “I want his balls!” Karine screamed, making two upraised cups of her talon-fingernailed hands.1990 April, James Luceno, chapter 17, in Illegal Alien, New York, N.Y.: Del Rey, →ISBN, part 4 (Downside Up), pages 220–221

Origin of fingernailed

From fingernail + -ed.

Questions about fingernailed

What does fingernailed mean?
Fingernailed means having fingernails (often of a specified kind).
What part of speech is fingernailed?
Fingernailed is an adjective.

Words near fingernailed in the dictionary

  1. fingernail
  2. fingernail clam
  3. fingernail clams
  4. fingernail moon
  5. fingernail moons
  6. fingernailed
  7. fingernailful
  8. fingernailfuls
  9. fingernaillike
  10. fingernails
  11. fingernailsful

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