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7 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail
originFrom Late Middle English, an alteration of whitflaw, with the first element deriving either from Middle Dutch vijt or Low German fit (“abscess”), borrowed from Latin fīcus (“fig-shaped (ulcer)”), though also influenced by white. The Latin loan also existed in other languages, such as Old English fic (“hemorrhoids”). See flaw.
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