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ring finger

noun

Etymology

From Middle English ring fynger. So named from the wearing of wedding rings on this finger, originating from medieval belief that a nerve or artery ran from it to the heart.

  1. inherited from ring fynger

Definitions

  1. The finger between the middle finger and the little finger

    The finger between the middle finger and the little finger; the "third finger" (UK) or the "fourth finger" (US), especially of the left hand. (The ring finger is the left hand; a ring finger is either hand.)

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