fingerletn.

Brit.

/ˈfɪŋɡəlᵻt/, U.S.

/ˈfɪŋɡərlət/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: finger n., -let suffix.

Etymology: < finger n. + -let suffix.

A small finger (in various senses of finger n.).

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun]

fingerOE

talons1594

nimblesa1637

the ten stealers1655

Welsh comb1788

forks1819

hooks1829

fingerlet1836

bread hook1845

dactyl1889

grab-hook1946

1836 Gentleman's Mag. June 610/1 It [sc. the harp] was not struck with the fingers, but with an instrument..which in reality was a fingerlet of iron, and was called πλεκτρα.

1854 W. Johnson Ionica (1858) 77 Those straying fingerlets that clutched At good and bad.

1913 A. W. Grabau Princ. Stratigr. c. xvii. 708 Here the waters of the stream will divide into innumerable fingers and fingerlets.

1989 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Jan. vii. 10/1 It [sc. a robot] also has two arms,..; four reasonably smart fingers; eight fingerlets—and so on.

2011 C. Kittredge Iron Thorn viii. 127 A fingerlet of skin and muscle snapped out of the creature's mass, sprouting a mouth, round and rimmed with teeth.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	fingerlet
释义	fingerletn. Brit. /ˈfɪŋɡəlᵻt/, U.S. /ˈfɪŋɡərlət/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: finger n., -let suffix. Etymology: < finger n. + -let suffix. A small finger (in various senses of finger n.). ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] fingerOE talons1594 nimblesa1637 the ten stealers1655 Welsh comb1788 forks1819 hooks1829 fingerlet1836 bread hook1845 dactyl1889 grab-hook1946 1836 Gentleman's Mag. June 610/1 It [sc. the harp] was not struck with the fingers, but with an instrument..which in reality was a fingerlet of iron, and was called πλεκτρα. 1854 W. Johnson Ionica (1858) 77 Those straying fingerlets that clutched At good and bad. 1913 A. W. Grabau Princ. Stratigr. c. xvii. 708 Here the waters of the stream will divide into innumerable fingers and fingerlets. 1989 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 1 Jan. vii. 10/1 It [sc. a robot] also has two arms,..; four reasonably smart fingers; eight fingerlets—and so on. 2011 C. Kittredge Iron Thorn viii. 127 A fingerlet of skin and muscle snapped out of the creature's mass, sprouting a mouth, round and rimmed with teeth. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1836
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