Etymology

supernaculum

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Today it means: According to the rules of an old drinking game in which the drinker upturned the empty cup and had to drink more if the remaining droplets spilled beyond the edge of his fingernail. Full definition →

German Nagel
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  1. German · derived fromNagel
  2. English todaysupernaculum

Pseudo-Latinism from super- + naculum, nagulum, Latinized form of German Nagel, intended to mean “upon the nail”, after the German phrase auf den Nagel (trinken).

Words from the same roots

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