thumblessadj.

/ˈθʌmlɪs/

Etymology: See -less suffix.

a. Having no thumb or thumbs; destitute or deprived of thumbs; spec. applied to the African Colobus and to the American Spider-monkeys (Ateles) in which the thumb is rudimentary or functionless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adjective] > New World > of types of

thumbless1720

cebine1863

pithecine1870

pitheciine1890

pithecian1893

callitrichid1958

pithecine1973

the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adjective] > Old World > of family Cercopithecidae > of subfamily Colobinae

thumbless1720

Semnopithecine1891

Semnopithecoid1891

colobine1958

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [adjective] > thumb > having no

thumbless1720

1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 351 And there'll be Bow-legg'd Bobby, And thumbless Kate's geud Man.

1859 R. Owen Lect. Classif. Mammalia 48 The true Baboons..are African, as are the thumbless Monkeys (Colobus).

1870 J. Orton Andes & Amazon xxi. 312 One genus, Ateles, ‘the imperfect’, is thumbless altogether.

1890 A. Conan Doyle White Company viii Leaving the thumbless archer and his brood, the wayfarers struck through the scattered huts of Emery Down.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 24 Dec. 4/1 An African thumbless monkey is among the recent additions to the ‘Zoo’ menagerie.

b. figurative. Clumsy; incompetent; cf. handless adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward > clumsy with the hands

handless1483

left-handed1579

butterfingered1615

heavy-handeda1634

thumbless1648

unhandy1669

mutton-fisted1737

two-fisted1774

numb-handed1849

butterfingers1851

buttery-fingered1853

cack-handed1854

Marlborough-handed1893

thumb-fingered1903

thumby1909

ham-handed1918

ham-fisted1928

1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. Aa8^v When to a House I come, and see..The servants thumblesse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	thumbless
释义	thumblessadj. /ˈθʌmlɪs/ Etymology: See -less suffix. a. Having no thumb or thumbs; destitute or deprived of thumbs; spec. applied to the African Colobus and to the American Spider-monkeys (Ateles) in which the thumb is rudimentary or functionless. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adjective] > New World > of types of thumbless1720 cebine1863 pithecine1870 pitheciine1890 pithecian1893 callitrichid1958 pithecine1973 the world > animals > mammals > order Primates > suborder Anthropoidea (higher primates) > [adjective] > Old World > of family Cercopithecidae > of subfamily Colobinae thumbless1720 Semnopithecine1891 Semnopithecoid1891 colobine1958 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [adjective] > thumb > having no thumbless1720 1720 in T. D'Urfey Wit & Mirth VI. 351 And there'll be Bow-legg'd Bobby, And thumbless Kate's geud Man. 1859 R. Owen Lect. Classif. Mammalia 48 The true Baboons..are African, as are the thumbless Monkeys (Colobus). 1870 J. Orton Andes & Amazon xxi. 312 One genus, Ateles, ‘the imperfect’, is thumbless altogether. 1890 A. Conan Doyle White Company viii Leaving the thumbless archer and his brood, the wayfarers struck through the scattered huts of Emery Down. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 24 Dec. 4/1 An African thumbless monkey is among the recent additions to the ‘Zoo’ menagerie. b. figurative. Clumsy; incompetent; cf. handless adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward > clumsy with the hands handless1483 left-handed1579 butterfingered1615 heavy-handeda1634 thumbless1648 unhandy1669 mutton-fisted1737 two-fisted1774 numb-handed1849 butterfingers1851 buttery-fingered1853 cack-handed1854 Marlborough-handed1893 thumb-fingered1903 thumby1909 ham-handed1918 ham-fisted1928 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. Aa8^v When to a House I come, and see..The servants thumblesse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1648
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