Definition of Little finger

1. Noun. The finger farthest from the thumb.

Exact synonyms: Pinkie, Pinky
Terms within: Musculus Abductor Digiti Minimi Manus
Generic synonyms: Minimus, Finger

Definition of Little finger

1. Noun. the outermost and smallest finger of the hand, next to the ring finger, farthest from the thumb ¹

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Medical Definition of Little finger

1. The little or fifth finger. Synonym: digitus minimus, digitus quintus, digitus auricularis, fifth finger. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Little Finger

little brown job
little brown jobs
little brown myotis
little bustard
little by little
little chief hare
little club moss
little clubmoss
little dictionary
little ebony spleenwort
little egret
little emperor
little emperors
little fingers
little fossa of the cochlear window
little fossa of the vestibular window
little girl
little girl's room
little girl's rooms
little girls
little girls' room
little girls' rooms
little golden zinnia
little grebe
little grebes
little green man
little green men

Literary usage of Little finger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1899)
"... 8 hands; middle and little fingers, 2 hands; thumb and little finger, ... ring finger of one and little finger of the other hand, 2 cases of each ..."

2. Man by Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1903)
"Put the string across left palm, one string radial to index, the other ulnar to little finger, with the long loop hanging the dorsal side. ..."

3. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke (1894)
"Could he not know that his body was bigger than his little finger, if his language were yet so imperfect that he had no such relative terms as whole and ..."

4. Journal by Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain) (1860)
"... thick as the little finger running underground. All the leaves are radical, this outermost being both shortest and thickest, the interior leaves almost ..."

5. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1906)
"When he did not hold the other fingers together and attempted to abduct the little finger, the ring finger invariably went with it as if the two fingers ..."

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