fingerless
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Without fingers.
adj
Without fingers.
Example Sentences
- "born with a fingerless hand"
- "fingerless gloves"
- "And while his signature starched collar and fingerless gloves are yet to make an appearance, his looks are already topped off with another of his soon-to-be trademarks: a pair of dark aviator sunglasses."
Etymology
Etymology tree English finger Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English fingerless From finger + -less.