wicklow
UK/ˈwɪkləʊ/US/ˈwɪkloʊ/
wicklow is the misspelling of whitlow.
Meaning of whitlow
Noun
whitlow (plural whitlows)
- Inflammation and/or infection in the cuticle and/or the nailbed of a fingernail or toenail.
- Near-synonyms: paronychia (in the cuticle), onychia (in the nailbed)
- Synonyms:
- felon, nimpingang, wicklow, paronychia, onychia
Proper noun capitalized: Wicklow
Wicklow
- A county of Ireland.
- February’s Pylon of the Month comes from County Wicklow in Ireland and was sent in by a follower of the blog – thank you! It is certainly the first time a pylon from Wicklow has featured and might even be the first pylon from the south of Ireland.2026 February 16, “Pylon of the Month – February 2026”, in Pylon of the Month, archived from the original on 02 Apr 2026
- The county town of County Wicklow (Irish grid ref T 3194).
Synonyms of wicklow
Forms of wicklow
| plural | wicklows |
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Origin of wicklow
Likely from Old Norse víkingr (“viking”), genitive indefinite plural vikinga + ló (“meadow, lea”), thus 'vikings' meadow'. Earlier spellings include Wykinglo in 1173, Wygingelow in 1185, Wykinglo in 1192, and Wykinglowe in 1355.
Words formed from wicklow
Questions about wicklow
- What does wicklow mean?
- Wicklow means a county of Ireland.
- What is wicklow the misspelling of?
- Wicklow is the misspelling of whitlow.
- What part of speech is wicklow?
- Wicklow is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce wicklow?
- Wicklow is pronounced /ˈwɪkləʊ/ (UK).
Words near wicklow in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: wicklow (page history and authors); Wicklow (page history and authors); whitlow (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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