Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, a digit; a finger or toe; specifically, a digit of the fore limb, or a finger, as distinguished from
dactylus , a toe. - noun In entomology, one of the joints of the tarsus exclusive of the basal joint, which is called the metatarsus, palma, or planta: used in describing bees.
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Examples
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The church is looking for some sign from God, so it's what we call the 'digitus dei' or the finger of God that says 'Yeah,' O'Donnell said.
Sainthood is Catholic church's way to recognize a 'friend of God' 2011
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The church is looking for some sign from God, so it's what we call the 'digitus dei' or the finger of God that says 'Yeah,' O'Donnell said.
Sainthood is Catholic church's way to recognize a 'friend of God' 2011
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But by far the most prominent Global English descendant of *deig- is a word English has gained from the Latin for “finger,” digitus.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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But by far the most prominent Global English descendant of *deig- is a word English has gained from the Latin for “finger,” digitus.
The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010
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It is the sort of ethics that does not offer an olive branch with one hand and a digitus impudicus with the other.
Stoicism, Sophistry and Sodomy Hal Duncan 2009
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It is the sort of ethics that does not offer an olive branch with one hand and a digitus impudicus with the other.
Archive 2009-08-01 Hal Duncan 2009
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Digitus annularis and digitus minimus manus have sustained simple fractures in the proximal region.
The Search For WondLa Tony DiTerlizzi 2010
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"Pollici proximus digitus mediumque, qua dexter est, unguem pollicis summo suo iungens, remissis ceteris, est et approbantibus et narrantibus et distinguentibus decorus."
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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With your pinky -- or digitus minimus to use the more masculine Latin term -- tap product directly under the eye.
Napoleon Perdis: Who's Grooming Who: Makeup and the Modern Male 2010
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They have in fact digital knowledge, meaning that the pointer finger digitus in Latin knows where the keys are located.
Archive 2008-12-01 Jak Boumans 2008
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