Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The finger next to the thumb.
- noun The part of a glove that covers this finger.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The forefinger: so called from its being used in pointing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
forefinger
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the finger next to the thumb
Etymologies
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Literally “pointing finger”, index being from Latin, of same origin as indicate.
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