Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fingermark

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fin-ger-mark
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A blemish made by a dirty finger; a fingerprint.

verb

To mark with a dirty or greasy finger; to leave a fingerprint.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"He left his fingermark on the recently cleaned cloth."
"“No,” I said, rather surprised, “I know that there are no two finger-marks alike, but that’s as far as my science goes.”"
"[The cave] Paintings are almost all black, done in charcoal and oxide of manganese. The naturalistic scenes are crisscrossed with fingermarks and an array of signs and geometric designs, zigzagged, straight and curved."

Etymology

From finger + mark.

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

fingermarks (plural) finger-mark (alternative) finger mark (alternative) fingermarks (present, singular) fingermarking (participle, present) fingermarked (participle, past) fingermarked (past)

Synonyms

fingerprint

Questions

What does fingermark mean?: A blemish made by a dirty finger; a fingerprint.
Where does fingermark come from?: From finger + mark.

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