nagnail

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noun

A hangnail.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

nounnagnail (plural nagnails)

plural nagnails

  1. UKobsoleteregionalA hangnail.

Origin

Perhaps from a rebracketing of "an 'angnail".

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APA

nagnail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nagnail

MLA

“nagnail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nagnail. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nagnail,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nagnail.

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