Leech-finger
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Leech-finger is a noun meaning (anatomy, obsolete) The finger next to the little finger; ring-finger.
Meaning
(anatomy, obsolete) The finger next to the little finger; ring-finger.
Example Sentences
Sing three Our Fathers on your leechfinger, and write around the sore.
The Leech finger has Coll on it, the sage Hazel, who is the master physician, and is surmounted by Saille, the Willow of enchantment.
The fourth finger has a strange anatomical property that gives it both its ancient and modern names: the leech finger and the ring finger.
This same document tells us that this same finger was once called the "physician finger," from the Latin digitits medicus, and that it was also called the "leech finger," since doctors were known as "leeches" before they were called "physicians.
Word Forms
- leech-fingers
- leechfinger
Synonyms for leech-finger
Depending on context, synonyms include gold-finger, ring-man.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include leechfinger, finger, fuckfinger, forefinger, fingerer, ladysfinger.
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