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onychophagist|ɒnɪˈkɒfədʒɪst|
Also erron. onygophagist.
[f. Gr. ὄνυξ, ὀνυχ- nail + -ϕάγος eating + -ist.]
One who bites his nails. So onychoˈphagia, onyˈchophagy, the habit of biting one's nails.
1834Southey Doctor iii. (1862) 5 A substitute for biting the nails which I recommend to all onygophagists. 1900Dorland Med. Dict. 456/1 Onychophagy. 1900Daily Chron. 10 July 5/2 ‘Onychophagia’ is far more frequent in Parisian than in provincial schools. 1903N.E.D., Onychophagist [cited as unattested correct form of onygophagist]. 1907Daily News 4 July 6/7 Dr. Didsbury..suggests that onycophagists [sic] should wear his new dental apparatus, which is fastened to the lower molars and just prevents the upper and lower teeth from meeting. 1956D. M. Pillsbury et al. Dermatol. xlv. 1017 Onychophagia denotes biting of the free edge of the nail. 1977Woman's Jrnl. Apr. 10 Are you an onychophagist?.. This rather long name simply means that you bite your nails. |