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(pl. noun) - (1) With anatomists, the muscles of the fingers called lumbricales, from the use they are put to by musicians in playing some instruments.
--Nathaniel Bailey's Etymological English Dictionary, 1749
(2) From fidicen, a harper.
--Richard Hoblyn's Medical Dictionary, 1859
(3) Fidicinal, of or pertaining to a player on stringed instruments.
--Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1901
January 16, 2018