cuticle

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the dead skin at the base of a fingernail or toenail
noun the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates
noun hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles

From Middle French cuticule, from Latin cuticula (“cuticle, skin”).

Would they stop short at the hairy cuticle, or would they attack the brain? — Les Misérables, Victor Hugo
Restoratives hirsutical, And soaps to clean the cuticle, And iodine, and peptonoids, and lint. — Grimm Tales Made Gay, Guy Wetmore Carryl
Something in the climate is good for the production of thick and lasting cuticles. — The Land of Thor, J. Ross (John Ross) Browne

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