least finger
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of little finger.
Example Sentences
- "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: […]"
- "But here, confronting God, one could not but be struck as if by lightning, for here, from the heavens of the presbytery, bursting the bounds of human comprehension of all that was holy, came forth, bold as the unimaginable first fire of light of the world’s unimaginable first dawn, the hand of the Creator, clenched save for index finger and least finger, which were extended outright and straight in the sign of la mano cornuta."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
least fingers (plural)