little fingern.

Brit.

/ˌlɪtl ˈfɪŋɡə/, U.S.

/ˌlɪd(ə)l ˈfɪŋɡər/

Forms: see little adj., pron., n., and adv. and finger n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: little adj., finger n.

Etymology: < little adj. + finger n.In Old English the first element is treated as a normal adjective inflected for case and number.

1. In the human hand: the finger furthest from the thumb, which is normally the shortest of the fingers; (also) the equivalent digit in the manus of certain other vertebrates.The little finger of the human hand is the fifth finger if the thumb is included among the fingers, and the fourth if the thumb is excluded; cf. finger n. 1a.Quot. lOE is a late copy of a 7th-cent. legal code.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > little finger

ear-fingerOE

least fingerOE

little fingerOE

little manc1300

pinkie1808

minimus1881

auricular-

OE Monasteriales Indicia (1996) lxxvi. 36 Cyrsena tac is þæt þu sette þinne winstran þuman on þines lytlan fingres lið.

lOE Laws of Æðelberht (Rochester) liv. §5. 6 Gif man þone lytlan finger of aslæhð, xi scillinga gebete.

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xxix. 225 Þe swifte [read fifte] is þe litile fynge [read fynger], and hatte auricularis.

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894–1988) 158 (MED) Bitwene þe litil fyngir & þe leche fiyngir.

c1450 J. Metham Palmistry (Garrett) in Wks. (1916) 110 (MED) The hyll off the lytyl fynger, yff yt be rounde and gret, yt sygnyfyith helth off body.

c1475 tr. Henri de Mondeville Surgery (Wellcome) f. 167 (MED) Þanne putte þe same nedle fro þe point bi þe space of þi litil fyngir wiþ þe same þrede.

1659 C. Simpson Division-violist i. 6 Where the Stopps are Wide (as amongst the Fretts,) the Fourth or Little Finger, is of more use, then Lower down.

1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 48 A warty excrescence on the tip of Hymenaeus's little finger.

1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 24 Contractions..so small as only to admit the passage of the little finger.

1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxxviii. 396 He used the little finger—if any of his fingers can be said to have come under that denomination—of his right hand, as a tobacco-stopper.

1933 Sci. News Let. 10 June 366/1 The flying reptiles kept all but one of their fingers free, depending solely on an enormously elongated little finger to give their skin-sail its extremest extension.

2006 Independent 13 June (Extra section) 7/3 Padded gloves can prevent ‘cyclist's palsy’, a numbness that travels from the little finger to the elbow, caused by excess pressure on the handlebars.

2. As the type of the smallest, weakest, or least significant part of the body; esp. in to have more —— in one's little finger than (and variants).See also to wrap (also wind, twist, turn, etc.) (a person) round one's little finger at Phrases 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing > typical examples of

little fingerc1300

pear1340

hair1377

flea1388

a pin's head (also point)c1450

fitch1550

mouse1584

minnow1596

the pestle of a lark1598

nutshella1616

pinhead1662

pinpoint1670

rope yarn1751

bee's knee1797

peanut1864

postage stamp1881

c1300 St. Michael (Laud) 329 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 309 Ȝif he ne may with is luytel finguer ane man to sunne teche, with is felawe he tolleth next.

c1390 Castle of Love (Vernon) (1967) l. 1106 (MED) For my luttel [c1400 Simeon leste] fynger more worþ is Þen such an hondred worldes ben.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings xii. 10 My litle fynger shall be thicker then my fathers loynes.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 929/1 Openly pronouncing that Luther had more learnyng in hys litle finger then all the doctours in England in their whole bodyes.

1602 W. Temple Antiquodlibet iv. 139 They haue exchanged a Salomon for a Rehoboam: whose little finger will exceede in weight, the whole strength of her Maiesties body.

1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 175 He hath more in's little finger, then thou in thy whole body.

1736 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. xiv. 34 He has mair wit in his little finger than ye have in a' your bouk.

1788 M. P. Andrews Belphegor ii. 24 I am but a woman, and his wife, but mark me, I have more sense in my little finger.

1873 Appleton's Jrnl. 15 Mar. 371/2 Mr. Jefferson's little finger is stronger than the collective loins of all the mighty coterie.

1920 N. Douglas They Went (1921) i. vii. 95 The druidess..had more wit in her little finger than he in all his skinny anatomy.

1933 J. Herbst Pity Not Enough (1998) i. 31 Bullock don't give a little finger for the black man.

1974 E. Jones Barlow comes to Judgement 127 You've only to lift a little finger to have me come running.

2001 Courier Mag. (Aberystwyth Univ. Students' Union) Mar. 21/1 More style in their little fingers than most national bands can muster.

Phrases

P1. to wrap (also wind, twist, turn, etc.) (a person) round one's little finger: to have the ability to make (a person) do whatever one wants; = to wrap (also wind, twist, turn, etc.) (a person) round one's finger at finger n. Phrases 4i.

ΚΠ

1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl I. 76 She could turn John round her little finger.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 171 I am told the mother can wind them both round her little finger.

1889 St James's Gaz. 20 Feb. 4/2 Mr O'Brien is not so silly as he seems: he can twiddle his persecutors round his little finger.

1890 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Feb. 128/2 It's plain enough that Truth Battles has got you wound round her little finger!

1902 F. Spencer Through Deep Waters iii. 28 But poor old Walter, I can turn him round my little finger, and I guess it's a bad job for us both.

1959 ‘F. Richards’ Practise to Deceive vii. 106 You tell me that I'm..such a pushover—that a good-looking man can..wrap me around his little finger?

2011 A. Gibbons Act of Love (2012) i. 10 Why is it, Chris? He's always been able to twist you round his little finger?

†P2. to turn up (also lift, throw up, etc.) the little finger and variants: to drink alcohol; esp. to drink heavily; to be a habitual drinker. Obsolete.See also to crook one's little finger at crook v.¹ 1d.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)]

to drink deepa1300

bousec1300

bibc1400

to drink drunk1474

quaff1520

to set cock on the hoopa1535

boll1535

quass1549

tipple1560

swillc1563

carouse1567

guzzle1579

fuddle1588

overdrink1603

to drink the three outs1622

to bouse it1623

sota1639

drifflec1645

to drink like a fisha1653

tope1668

soak1687

to play at swig1688

to soak one's clay (or face)1704

impote1721

rosin1730

dram1740

booze1768

to suck (also sup) the monkey1785

swattle1785

lush1811

to lift up the little finger1812

to lift one's (or the) elbow1823

to crook one's elbow or little finger1825

jollify1830

to bowse up the jib1836

swizzle1847

peg1874

to hit the booze, bottle, jug, pot1889

to tank up1902

sozzle1937

to belt the bottle1941

indulge1953

1812 Belfast Monthly Mag. 30 Apr. 261/2 Of a person addicted to drink, you may speak with an hundred allusions—He drinks like a fish..He turns up his little finger.

1845 J. S. Le Fanu Cock & Anchor iii. xii. 143 Has he been throwing up the little finger, my dear?.. He used to be rayther partial to brandy.

1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 28 ‘What brought 'em to that?’ Oh, the old story—liftin' their little finger.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	little finger
释义	little fingern. Brit. /ˌlɪtl ˈfɪŋɡə/, U.S. /ˌlɪd(ə)l ˈfɪŋɡər/ Forms: see little adj., pron., n., and adv. and finger n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: little adj., finger n. Etymology: < little adj. + finger n.In Old English the first element is treated as a normal adjective inflected for case and number. 1. In the human hand: the finger furthest from the thumb, which is normally the shortest of the fingers; (also) the equivalent digit in the manus of certain other vertebrates.The little finger of the human hand is the fifth finger if the thumb is included among the fingers, and the fourth if the thumb is excluded; cf. finger n. 1a.Quot. lOE is a late copy of a 7th-cent. legal code. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > little finger ear-fingerOE least fingerOE little fingerOE little manc1300 pinkie1808 minimus1881 auricular- OE Monasteriales Indicia (1996) lxxvi. 36 Cyrsena tac is þæt þu sette þinne winstran þuman on þines lytlan fingres lið. lOE Laws of Æðelberht (Rochester) liv. §5. 6 Gif man þone lytlan finger of aslæhð, xi scillinga gebete. a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xxix. 225 Þe swifte [read fifte] is þe litile fynge [read fynger], and hatte auricularis. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894–1988) 158 (MED) Bitwene þe litil fyngir & þe leche fiyngir. c1450 J. Metham Palmistry (Garrett) in Wks. (1916) 110 (MED) The hyll off the lytyl fynger, yff yt be rounde and gret, yt sygnyfyith helth off body. c1475 tr. Henri de Mondeville Surgery (Wellcome) f. 167 (MED) Þanne putte þe same nedle fro þe point bi þe space of þi litil fyngir wiþ þe same þrede. 1659 C. Simpson Division-violist i. 6 Where the Stopps are Wide (as amongst the Fretts,) the Fourth or Little Finger, is of more use, then Lower down. 1767 A. Campbell Lexiphanes 48 A warty excrescence on the tip of Hymenaeus's little finger. 1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 24 Contractions..so small as only to admit the passage of the little finger. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge lxxviii. 396 He used the little finger—if any of his fingers can be said to have come under that denomination—of his right hand, as a tobacco-stopper. 1933 Sci. News Let. 10 June 366/1 The flying reptiles kept all but one of their fingers free, depending solely on an enormously elongated little finger to give their skin-sail its extremest extension. 2006 Independent 13 June (Extra section) 7/3 Padded gloves can prevent ‘cyclist's palsy’, a numbness that travels from the little finger to the elbow, caused by excess pressure on the handlebars. 2. As the type of the smallest, weakest, or least significant part of the body; esp. in to have more —— in one's little finger than (and variants).See also to wrap (also wind, twist, turn, etc.) (a person) round one's little finger at Phrases 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [noun] > that which is small > a small thing > typical examples of little fingerc1300 pear1340 hair1377 flea1388 a pin's head (also point)c1450 fitch1550 mouse1584 minnow1596 the pestle of a lark1598 nutshella1616 pinhead1662 pinpoint1670 rope yarn1751 bee's knee1797 peanut1864 postage stamp1881 c1300 St. Michael (Laud) 329 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 309 Ȝif he ne may with is luytel finguer ane man to sunne teche, with is felawe he tolleth next. c1390 Castle of Love (Vernon) (1967) l. 1106 (MED) For my luttel [c1400 Simeon leste] fynger more worþ is Þen such an hondred worldes ben. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Kings xii. 10 My litle fynger shall be thicker then my fathers loynes. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 929/1 Openly pronouncing that Luther had more learnyng in hys litle finger then all the doctours in England in their whole bodyes. 1602 W. Temple Antiquodlibet iv. 139 They haue exchanged a Salomon for a Rehoboam: whose little finger will exceede in weight, the whole strength of her Maiesties body. 1670 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. 175 He hath more in's little finger, then thou in thy whole body. 1736 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. xiv. 34 He has mair wit in his little finger than ye have in a' your bouk. 1788 M. P. Andrews Belphegor ii. 24 I am but a woman, and his wife, but mark me, I have more sense in my little finger. 1873 Appleton's Jrnl. 15 Mar. 371/2 Mr. Jefferson's little finger is stronger than the collective loins of all the mighty coterie. 1920 N. Douglas They Went (1921) i. vii. 95 The druidess..had more wit in her little finger than he in all his skinny anatomy. 1933 J. Herbst Pity Not Enough (1998) i. 31 Bullock don't give a little finger for the black man. 1974 E. Jones Barlow comes to Judgement 127 You've only to lift a little finger to have me come running. 2001 Courier Mag. (Aberystwyth Univ. Students' Union) Mar. 21/1 More style in their little fingers than most national bands can muster. Phrases P1. to wrap (also wind, twist, turn, etc.) (a person) round one's little finger: to have the ability to make (a person) do whatever one wants; = to wrap (also wind, twist, turn, etc.) (a person) round one's finger at finger n. Phrases 4i. ΚΠ 1797 A. M. Bennett Beggar Girl I. 76 She could turn John round her little finger. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor viii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 171 I am told the mother can wind them both round her little finger. 1889 St James's Gaz. 20 Feb. 4/2 Mr O'Brien is not so silly as he seems: he can twiddle his persecutors round his little finger. 1890 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Feb. 128/2 It's plain enough that Truth Battles has got you wound round her little finger! 1902 F. Spencer Through Deep Waters iii. 28 But poor old Walter, I can turn him round my little finger, and I guess it's a bad job for us both. 1959 ‘F. Richards’ Practise to Deceive vii. 106 You tell me that I'm..such a pushover—that a good-looking man can..wrap me around his little finger? 2011 A. Gibbons Act of Love (2012) i. 10 Why is it, Chris? He's always been able to twist you round his little finger? †P2. to turn up (also lift, throw up, etc.) the little finger and variants: to drink alcohol; esp. to drink heavily; to be a habitual drinker. Obsolete.See also to crook one's little finger at crook v.¹ 1d. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] to drink deepa1300 bousec1300 bibc1400 to drink drunk1474 quaff1520 to set cock on the hoopa1535 boll1535 quass1549 tipple1560 swillc1563 carouse1567 guzzle1579 fuddle1588 overdrink1603 to drink the three outs1622 to bouse it1623 sota1639 drifflec1645 to drink like a fisha1653 tope1668 soak1687 to play at swig1688 to soak one's clay (or face)1704 impote1721 rosin1730 dram1740 booze1768 to suck (also sup) the monkey1785 swattle1785 lush1811 to lift up the little finger1812 to lift one's (or the) elbow1823 to crook one's elbow or little finger1825 jollify1830 to bowse up the jib1836 swizzle1847 peg1874 to hit the booze, bottle, jug, pot1889 to tank up1902 sozzle1937 to belt the bottle1941 indulge1953 1812 Belfast Monthly Mag. 30 Apr. 261/2 Of a person addicted to drink, you may speak with an hundred allusions—He drinks like a fish..He turns up his little finger. 1845 J. S. Le Fanu Cock & Anchor iii. xii. 143 Has he been throwing up the little finger, my dear?.. He used to be rayther partial to brandy. 1898 J. D. Brayshaw Slum Silhouettes 28 ‘What brought 'em to that?’ Oh, the old story—liftin' their little finger. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE
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