ring fingern.

Brit.

/ˈrɪŋ ˌfɪŋɡə/, U.S.

/ˈrɪŋ ˌfɪŋɡər/

Forms: see ring n.¹ and finger n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ring n.¹, finger n.

Etymology: < ring n.¹ + finger n. Compare Dutch ringvinger (16th cent.), German Ringfinger (16th cent.), Swedish ringfinger (17th cent.), Danish ringfinger (18th cent.). Compare gold finger n. at gold n.¹ and adj. Compounds 1e.

The finger next to the little finger.In many Western cultures a wedding ring is traditionally worn on the ring finger; in English-speaking communities chiefly on that of the left hand, but in many others on that of the right hand.

ΘΚΠ

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

ring fingereOE

leech-fingerc1000

leechc1290

leechman14..

medicinable finger?a1475

ring man?c1475

wedding-finger1543

nameless finger1584

medicinal finger1598

physic finger1621

physical finger1623

physician finger1623

medical finger1653

marriage finger1711

ring digit1867

eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in J. J. Quinn Minor Lat.-Old Eng. Glossaries in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1956) 27 Anularis, hringfinger.

OE tr. Medicina de Quadrupedibus (Vitell.) ii. 238 Nim æppel mid þinre wynstran handa mid twam fingrum, þæt is mid þuman & mid hringfingre [?a1200 Harl . 6258B hringfingrum; L. anulari].

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 51^v Þe ferþe hatte also anularis, þe ring fynger, for þeron þe ring is I-bore.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 33 (MED) Onone sho putt furth hur ryng-fynger & profird it to hym, & he putt on þe ryng.

1543 R. Record Arithm. 134 b To expresse 8, you shall bow after the same maner both the lyttell fynger and the rynge fynger.

1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. Thesaurarye sig. aij^v/1 The Medicinalle finger, or Ringe finger, betweene the little finger, & the middle finger.

1621 J. Molle tr. P. Camerarius Living Libr. v. ii. 321 His fourth finger called the Ring-finger or Physicke-finger.

1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 82 If the Ring Finger by a single Action goe out of the open Hand.

1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 275 The Ring-finger is the third in Bigness.

1796 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 87 19 In a case where the last joint of the ring-finger had been torn off.

1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 140 The middle finger is the longest; the index and ring-fingers follow next.

1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 526 In Somersetshire the ring-finger is thought to have the power of curing any sore or wound that is rubbed with it.

1932 ‘B. Ross’ Trag. of Y Prol. i. 8 To one side lay a heavy signet-ring taken from the annularis , or ring finger, of the dead man's left hand.

1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xiv. 413 I remember Vina..flaunting on her ring finger another man's sparkler and platinum band, and, on her right hand, a cherished moonstone too.

Derivatives

ˈring-fingered adj.

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1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 431 St. James found, not to be χρυσοδακτύλιος Ring-finger'd, might want a Seale, or (as we now might say) might stand at a Pew doore.

1870 Methodist Q. Rev. Apr. 193 He earnestly denounces respect of persons in the Christian Church..substituting for the ring-fingered and goodly appareled, the white-faced man; and for the poor man in vile raiment, the dark-skinned and woolly-haired brother in Christ.

2006 M. Delfino & M. E. Day Cancer iii. 12 The well-known photograph of his [sc. Röntgen's] wife's ring-fingered left hand is probably the first X-ray image of a living thing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ring finger
释义	ring fingern. Brit. /ˈrɪŋ ˌfɪŋɡə/, U.S. /ˈrɪŋ ˌfɪŋɡər/ Forms: see ring n.¹ and finger n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ring n.¹, finger n. Etymology: < ring n.¹ + finger n. Compare Dutch ringvinger (16th cent.), German Ringfinger (16th cent.), Swedish ringfinger (17th cent.), Danish ringfinger (18th cent.). Compare gold finger n. at gold n.¹ and adj. Compounds 1e. The finger next to the little finger.In many Western cultures a wedding ring is traditionally worn on the ring finger; in English-speaking communities chiefly on that of the left hand, but in many others on that of the right hand. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > ring finger ring fingereOE leech-fingerc1000 leechc1290 leechman14.. medicinable finger?a1475 ring man?c1475 wedding-finger1543 nameless finger1584 medicinal finger1598 physic finger1621 physical finger1623 physician finger1623 medical finger1653 marriage finger1711 ring digit1867 eOE Cleopatra Gloss. in J. J. Quinn Minor Lat.-Old Eng. Glossaries in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III (Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.) (1956) 27 Anularis, hringfinger. OE tr. Medicina de Quadrupedibus (Vitell.) ii. 238 Nim æppel mid þinre wynstran handa mid twam fingrum, þæt is mid þuman & mid hringfingre [?a1200 Harl . 6258B hringfingrum; L. anulari]. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 51^v Þe ferþe hatte also anularis, þe ring fynger, for þeron þe ring is I-bore. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 33 (MED) Onone sho putt furth hur ryng-fynger & profird it to hym, & he putt on þe ryng. 1543 R. Record Arithm. 134 b To expresse 8, you shall bow after the same maner both the lyttell fynger and the rynge fynger. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. Thesaurarye sig. aij^v/1 The Medicinalle finger, or Ringe finger, betweene the little finger, & the middle finger. 1621 J. Molle tr. P. Camerarius Living Libr. v. ii. 321 His fourth finger called the Ring-finger or Physicke-finger. 1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 82 If the Ring Finger by a single Action goe out of the open Hand. 1741 A. Monro Anat. Human Bones (ed. 3) 275 The Ring-finger is the third in Bigness. 1796 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 87 19 In a case where the last joint of the ring-finger had been torn off. 1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 140 The middle finger is the longest; the index and ring-fingers follow next. 1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 526 In Somersetshire the ring-finger is thought to have the power of curing any sore or wound that is rubbed with it. 1932 ‘B. Ross’ Trag. of Y Prol. i. 8 To one side lay a heavy signet-ring taken from the annularis , or ring finger, of the dead man's left hand. 1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xiv. 413 I remember Vina..flaunting on her ring finger another man's sparkler and platinum band, and, on her right hand, a cherished moonstone too. Derivatives ˈring-fingered adj. ΚΠ 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 431 St. James found, not to be χρυσοδακτύλιος Ring-finger'd, might want a Seale, or (as we now might say) might stand at a Pew doore. 1870 Methodist Q. Rev. Apr. 193 He earnestly denounces respect of persons in the Christian Church..substituting for the ring-fingered and goodly appareled, the white-faced man; and for the poor man in vile raiment, the dark-skinned and woolly-haired brother in Christ. 2006 M. Delfino & M. E. Day Cancer iii. 12 The well-known photograph of his [sc. Röntgen's] wife's ring-fingered left hand is probably the first X-ray image of a living thing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.eOE
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