unguical

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adjective

ungual

OriginLatin unguis →
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Meanings

adjectiveunguical (not comparable)
  1. not comparableungual

    : [he] ... picked at and gently lacerated the protruding part of the great toenail, raised the part lacerated to his nostrils and inhaled the odour of the quick, then, with satisfaction, threw away the lacerated unguical fragment.

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinunguis“a nail or claw”
  2. Englishunguical

Latin unguis (“a nail or claw”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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