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whitlow

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈʍɪt.loʊ/Part of speech nounSorted hilotwwStarts with WEnds with W0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail

Word origin

From 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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  • 'Twas a bad leg allowed me to read the Pilgrim's Progress, and Mark Clark learnt All-Fours in a whitlow.

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