fingerless

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English finger

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.

Proto-Germanic *leusaną

Proto-Germanic *lausaz

Proto-Germanic *-lausaz

Proto-West Germanic *-laus

Old English -lēas

Middle English -les

English -less

English fingerless

From finger + -less.

Adjective

fingerless (not comparable)

1. Without fingers.
   1. (of hands) Without fingers owing to either a birth defect or amputation.

      born with a fingerless hand

   2. (of gloves) With holes, such that the fingers are not covered.

      fingerless gloves

      • 2024 June 3, Caitlin Chatterton, “‘Becoming Karl Lagerfeld:’ A flattering sketch of a controversial designer”, in CNN‎^[1]:

        And while his signature starched collar and fingerless gloves are yet to make an appearance, his looks are already topped off with another of his soon-to-be trademarks: a pair of dark aviator sunglasses.

Derived terms

• fingerlessness

Translations

having no fingers

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無指 / 无指 (wúzhǐ)

• Finnish: sormeton (fi)
• German: fingerlos (de)
• Hungarian: ujjatlan (hu)
• Polish: bezpalcowy (pl)
• Russian: беспалый (ru) (bespalyj)
• Turkish: parmaksız
• Ukrainian: безпа́лий (uk) (bezpályj)

See also

• toeless

Anagrams

• fringeless