Noun: forefinger
| Singular | forefinger |
| Plural | forefingers |
Sample Sentences
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He touched me on the arm with his forefinger twice or thrice giving a ghastly nod each time:- […] [1866, Charles Dickens, The Signal-Man:]
Nouns inflected like forefinger
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Mid-15th century, from Middle English forefynger; equivalent to fore- + finger. See: Middle English Nouns '
forefynger'.