agnail

noun /ˈæɡneɪl/

1. Torn skin near a toenail or fingernail.

   […] Corrie bit another atom from off the corner of his nail. He had a troublesome "back-friend" or "agnail," at which he often bit.

2. A corn or sore on the toe or finger.

   obsolete

Where it comes from

From Middle English agnail, from Old English angnægl, from ang- + nægl, from Proto-Germanic *naglaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ-.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry agnail (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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