| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ag·nail |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   g n l |
| NOUN: | 1. A hangnail. 2. A painful sore or swelling around a fingernail or toenail. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English angnail, corn, from Old English angnægl : ang-, painful; see angh- in Appendix I + nægl, peg, nail; see nail.
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