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least finger

noun

Etymology

From Middle English leste finguer, lest fynger, lest fyngyr, from Old English lǣst finger.

  1. inherited from lǣst finger
  2. inherited from leste finguer

Definitions

  1. Synonym of little finger.

    • But, both on account of convenience and long established custom, the left hand is generally considered the ring hand—and the least finger of that hand holds the ring.
    • There will thus be encountered in order the tendons of the extensor pollicis brevis, extensor pollicis longus, the two tendons of the index, that of the middle, that of the ring, and the two tendons of the least finger: […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA