middle fingern.

Brit.

/ˌmɪdl ˈfɪŋɡə/, U.S.

/ˌmɪd(ə)l ˈfɪŋɡər/

Forms: see middle adj. and finger n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: middle adj., finger n.

Etymology: < middle adj. + finger n. Compare West Frisian middelfinger, Middle Dutch middelvinger (Dutch middelvinger), Middle High German mittelvinger (German Mittelfinger). Compare also classical Latin digitus medius, post-classical Latin medianus digitus (8th cent.), Old French doit moien (12th cent.).

a. The finger having the middle position of the five; the finger between the index finger and the ring finger.Cf. ‘middlest finger’ in early quots. at middle adj. 1a.

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

middle fingereOE

long fingerc1300

longmanc1300

midsfinger1483

mid-finger1644

thimble-finger1796

second finger1860

eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 309 Medius, middelfinger.

OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 172 Medius uel inpudicus, middelfinger.

lOE Laws of Æðelberht (Rochester) liv. §3. 6 Gif man middelfinger ofaslæhð iiii scillinga gebete.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 51^v Þe þridde is þe myddel fyngir & hatte impudicus.

?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh.) (1950) 134 (MED) Put it to þinn nosethyrlys as moche as þou may with þin thombe and þin medyl fynger.

a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 632 Thombe, forefyngur, medulle fyngur.

1565 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ Zodiake of Life (new ed.) ix. sig. IIiij^v The middle finger followes then, of estimation small.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Le doigt sale, the middle finger, which we (after the Latines) call the fooles finger.

1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. vi. 21 There followed..onely two pustels, the one in her thumbe, the other by her middle finger.

1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example iii. i. 28 A yellow or dark Spot upon the middle Finger, with me, denounces Trouble, and a white one promises Joy, and Complacency.

1787 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 77 385 In the fore-finger there are five bones, in the middle and ring-finger seven.

1834 Southern Literary Messenger 1 103/2 Trying it on the middle finger?—he knows that the ring will not go over the nail.

1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. i. ii. 4 The fingers are 5 in number in each hand: they are named thumb, index, middle, ring, and little finger.

1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum xxiv. 223 ‘Wa'al,’ says Am, droppin' his head sideways an' borin' into his ear 'ith his middle finger.

1933 Biometrika 25 326 The arm span is measured with a steel tape measure, from the tip of one middle finger to the other.

1959 E. Allen Baseball Play & Strategy i. ii. 29 The middle finger is placed on the lowest seam of the right side of the ball.

1985 P. Abrahams View from Coyaba ii. i. 27 The middle finger of his left hand was missing.

b. With allusion to the practice of raising the middle finger (often with an upward jerk), as an obscene gesture of defiance or contempt. Cf. finger n. Phrases 4t(a)(iii).

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society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > derisive gesture > [noun]

middle finger1562

fig1579

fico1596

stork's bill1616

snook1791

finger-snap1821

monkey motion1845

to give (a person) the finger1874

finger-click1897

two fingers1971

1901 H. P. Wright in Juvenal x. 115 Medium ostenderet unguem: to point at with the middle finger..was to treat with scorn.]

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory Pref. sig. ¶iij^v I beseche your honours, to dayne to be pattones [sic] of this my woorke, against the middle finger poyntinges of the vngentiles.

1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs x. 79 A halter on proud fortune he bestow'd, and when she frown'd, his..middle finger show'd.

1789 M. Madan in New & Literal Transl. Juvenal & Persius II. 12 His middle nail, i.e. his middle finger. To hold out the middle finger, the rest being contracted and bent downwards, was an act of great contempt; like pointing at a person among us. This mark of contempt is very ancient.

1868 T. H. S. Escott in Satires of Juvenal Notes. x. 173 ‘For when Fortune was in threatening mood, he would bid her go hang, and would point at her the finger of scorn.’ The middle finger is called by Persius (ii. 33) the infamis digitus.

1973 L. Ferlinghetti Open Eye, Open Heart 80 And to any and all who kill & kill & kill & kill for Peace I raise my middle finger in the only proper salute.

1998 A. O'Hanlon Talk of Town (1999) i. iv. 48 He leapt down off the stage..before bounding off into the wings giving the middle finger to the crowd as an encore.

2. In plural. The two or three fingers on a hand that have a finger either side of them.

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

long fingerc1300

middle fingers1827

snuffer1843

1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. ii. 64 ‘I hear nothing so wonderful,’ said Essper, putting the two middle fingers of his right-hand before his mouth, and sounding a note.

1896 A. R. White Youth's Educator v. 48 A Monbotto of Africa when he meets a friend, holds out the right hand, and cracks the joints of the middle fingers.

1915 Boys' Life May 21/1 Deliver the ball held in the palm of the hand by the thumb and little finger—the three middle fingers entirely removed from the ball.

1980 A. Dundes Interpreting Folklore 148 The Scout handclasp, accomplished by extending the left hand with the three middle fingers outstretched.

1996 D. W. Brown Aromatherapy (Teach Yourself Ser.) viii. 118 Commence at the bottom right-hand side of the abdomen working up the ascending colon using your three middle fingers to gently massage the colon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	middle finger
释义	middle fingern. Brit. /ˌmɪdl ˈfɪŋɡə/, U.S. /ˌmɪd(ə)l ˈfɪŋɡər/ Forms: see middle adj. and finger n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: middle adj., finger n. Etymology: < middle adj. + finger n. Compare West Frisian middelfinger, Middle Dutch middelvinger (Dutch middelvinger), Middle High German mittelvinger (German Mittelfinger). Compare also classical Latin digitus medius, post-classical Latin medianus digitus (8th cent.), Old French doit moien (12th cent.). 1. a. The finger having the middle position of the five; the finger between the index finger and the ring finger.Cf. ‘middlest finger’ in early quots. at middle adj. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > middle finger middle fingereOE long fingerc1300 longmanc1300 midsfinger1483 mid-finger1644 thimble-finger1796 second finger1860 eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1951) 309 Medius, middelfinger. OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 172 Medius uel inpudicus, middelfinger. lOE Laws of Æðelberht (Rochester) liv. §3. 6 Gif man middelfinger ofaslæhð iiii scillinga gebete. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 51^v Þe þridde is þe myddel fyngir & hatte impudicus. ?a1450 Agnus Castus (Stockh.) (1950) 134 (MED) Put it to þinn nosethyrlys as moche as þou may with þin thombe and þin medyl fynger. a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 632 Thombe, forefyngur, medulle fyngur. 1565 B. Googe tr. ‘M. Palingenius’ Zodiake of Life (new ed.) ix. sig. IIiij^v The middle finger followes then, of estimation small. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Le doigt sale, the middle finger, which we (after the Latines) call the fooles finger. 1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. vi. 21 There followed..onely two pustels, the one in her thumbe, the other by her middle finger. 1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example iii. i. 28 A yellow or dark Spot upon the middle Finger, with me, denounces Trouble, and a white one promises Joy, and Complacency. 1787 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 77 385 In the fore-finger there are five bones, in the middle and ring-finger seven. 1834 Southern Literary Messenger 1 103/2 Trying it on the middle finger?—he knows that the ring will not go over the nail. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. i. ii. 4 The fingers are 5 in number in each hand: they are named thumb, index, middle, ring, and little finger. 1898 E. N. Westcott David Harum xxiv. 223 ‘Wa'al,’ says Am, droppin' his head sideways an' borin' into his ear 'ith his middle finger. 1933 Biometrika 25 326 The arm span is measured with a steel tape measure, from the tip of one middle finger to the other. 1959 E. Allen Baseball Play & Strategy i. ii. 29 The middle finger is placed on the lowest seam of the right side of the ball. 1985 P. Abrahams View from Coyaba ii. i. 27 The middle finger of his left hand was missing. b. With allusion to the practice of raising the middle finger (often with an upward jerk), as an obscene gesture of defiance or contempt. Cf. finger n. Phrases 4t(a)(iii). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > derisive gesture > [noun] middle finger1562 fig1579 fico1596 stork's bill1616 snook1791 finger-snap1821 monkey motion1845 to give (a person) the finger1874 finger-click1897 two fingers1971 1901 H. P. Wright in Juvenal x. 115 Medium ostenderet unguem: to point at with the middle finger..was to treat with scorn.] 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory Pref. sig. ¶iij^v I beseche your honours, to dayne to be pattones [sic] of this my woorke, against the middle finger poyntinges of the vngentiles. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs x. 79 A halter on proud fortune he bestow'd, and when she frown'd, his..middle finger show'd. 1789 M. Madan in New & Literal Transl. Juvenal & Persius II. 12 His middle nail, i.e. his middle finger. To hold out the middle finger, the rest being contracted and bent downwards, was an act of great contempt; like pointing at a person among us. This mark of contempt is very ancient. 1868 T. H. S. Escott in Satires of Juvenal Notes. x. 173 ‘For when Fortune was in threatening mood, he would bid her go hang, and would point at her the finger of scorn.’ The middle finger is called by Persius (ii. 33) the infamis digitus. 1973 L. Ferlinghetti Open Eye, Open Heart 80 And to any and all who kill & kill & kill & kill for Peace I raise my middle finger in the only proper salute. 1998 A. O'Hanlon Talk of Town (1999) i. iv. 48 He leapt down off the stage..before bounding off into the wings giving the middle finger to the crowd as an encore. 2. In plural. The two or three fingers on a hand that have a finger either side of them. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > groups of long fingerc1300 middle fingers1827 snuffer1843 1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey IV. vi. ii. 64 ‘I hear nothing so wonderful,’ said Essper, putting the two middle fingers of his right-hand before his mouth, and sounding a note. 1896 A. R. White Youth's Educator v. 48 A Monbotto of Africa when he meets a friend, holds out the right hand, and cracks the joints of the middle fingers. 1915 Boys' Life May 21/1 Deliver the ball held in the palm of the hand by the thumb and little finger—the three middle fingers entirely removed from the ball. 1980 A. Dundes Interpreting Folklore 148 The Scout handclasp, accomplished by extending the left hand with the three middle fingers outstretched. 1996 D. W. Brown Aromatherapy (Teach Yourself Ser.) viii. 118 Commence at the bottom right-hand side of the abdomen working up the ascending colon using your three middle fingers to gently massage the colon. 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