nijdnagel
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Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Probably from nijpnagel. Likely changed through folk etymology after nijd (“envy”) + nagel (“nail”); reportedly a superstition existed in early modern Europe that hangnails were caused by other people's envy. Cf. German Niednagel and French envie; also see English hangnail, which also underwent folk-etymological modification.
Noun
[edit]nijdnagel m (plural nijdnagels)
- a hangnail, an agnail
- Synonym: dwangnagel
Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Compound of nijden + nagel. The meaning of the first element is not entirely certain, but it is related to Middle Dutch niden and niten.
Noun
[edit]nijdnagel m (plural nijdnagels)
- (dated, rare) a rivet
- 1892, Leonard Lodewijk de Bo, Westvlaamsch idioticon, volume 2, page 743:
- De scharnieren van eene doos, enz. bestaan uit pijpkens en nijdnagels.
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- 1902, Alfons Van Houcke, Vak- & kunstwoorden. No. 6, Ambacht van den loodgieter & zinkbewerker, vol. 2, publ. by A. Siffer, page 504.
- Den nijdnagel wordt ofwel platte (Sch. 409), of een afgeschuinde (Sch. 410), òf een halfbolronde kop (Sch. 411) geslagen.
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- Synonym: klinknagel