Standard Lemma guide
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adj
Without fingers.
Without fingers owing to either a birth defect or amputation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Without fingers.
With holes, such that the fingers are not covered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
not having or having lost fingers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: fingered
History
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.
Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
