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pollicate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɒlɪkeɪt/

Etymology

From Latin pollex (“thumb, big toe”).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of insects: having a curved projection or spine on the inner side of a leg joint.

Deriveds

epollicate

pollicate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈpɒlɪkeɪt/

Etymology

From Latin pollex (“thumb, big toe”).

Meanings

1. To gesture with the thumb.
   • ‘Disgusting? this is Tea, Friend, Cha,— what all tasteful London drinks,– that,’ pollicating the Coffee-Pot, ‘is what’s disgusting.’ 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 467:

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