Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The art of counting or numbering on the fingers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The art of numbering or counting by the fingers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The use of one's
fingers to expressnumbers .
Etymologies
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From dactylo- + -nomy.
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I especially enjoyed the the maths chapter, which includes topics like how to count to a million on your fingers I've tried dactylonomy before and how to estimate square roots in your head.
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I especially enjoyed the the maths chapter, which includes topics like how to count to a million on your fingers I've tried dactylonomy before and how to estimate square roots in your head.
jmjarmstrong commented on the word dactylonomy
JM is an expert at dactylonomy but only up to ten!
December 27, 2009
qms commented on the word dactylonomy
Let warnings be loud and be clarion
It invites financial despair again
To trust our economy
To the crude dactylonomy
Of a rude short-fingered vulgarian.
March 8, 2016
Gammerstang commented on the word dactylonomy
I'm a dactylonomist
January 8, 2018