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nailfold

noun

Etymology

From nail + fold.

  1. inherited from folde
  2. derived from *pel-✻
  3. inherited from *falþaną✻
  4. inherited from *falþan✻
  5. inherited from fealdan
  6. inherited from folden
  7. compounded as nailfold — “nail + fold”

Definitions

  1. The skin that overlaps the edge of a fingernail or toenail.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA