onychophagist
Meanings
noun
- A person who bites his or her fingernails.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From onychophagy + -ist = onycho- + -phag(y) + -ist, from Ancient Greek ὀνυχο- (onuch), combining form of ὄνυξ (ónux, “claw, nail”) + -φαγος (-phagos, “eater”), from ἐφαγόν (ephagón, “I ate”).
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