Digitation
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Touching; manipulation with the fingers. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"At length, I resorted to the only present remedy, that of vain attempts at digitation, [...] where the pain my fingers gave me in striving for admission, though they procured me a slight satisfaction for the present, started an apprehension, which I could not be easy until I had communicated to Phoebe and received her explanations upon it."
- 2 Any of various finger-like processes (outgrowths) found in plant and animal tissues. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"At length, I resorted to the only present remedy, that of vain attempts at digitation, [...] where the pain my fingers gave me in striving for admission, though they procured me a slight satisfaction for the present, started an apprehension, which I could not be easy until I had communicated to Phoebe and received her explanations upon it."
Etymology
From digitate + -ation.
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