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medius

/ˈmiːdi.əs/

medius noun: the middle finger.

Noun

medius (plural medii)

  1. (dated) The middle finger.
    • An analysis of the determined cases shows that the index was the digit most frequently amputated, next the medius, next the ring finger, next the thumb, and lastly the little finger1876, Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion
    • There is an interesting abnormality in finger length, the medius being especially long[…]1945, Charlotte Wolff, A Psychology of Gesture

medius meaning in Tamil

medius in Tamil

மையத்தில், மையப்பகுதியில்

Forms of medius

pluralmedii

Origin of medius

Borrowed from New Latin from Latin medius (“middle”). See medium. Doublet of minge and middle.

Questions about medius

What does medius mean?
Medius means the middle finger.
What is medius in Tamil?
Medius in Tamil is மையத்தில், மையப்பகுதியில். See Medius meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is medius?
Medius is a noun.
How do you pronounce medius?
Medius is pronounced /ˈmiːdi.əs/.
What is the plural of medius?
The plural of medius is medii.

Words near medius in the dictionary

  1. mediumships
  2. mediumwave
  3. mediumwave infrared
  4. mediumweight
  5. mediunic
  6. medius
  7. medivac
  8. medivacing
  9. medivacked
  10. medivacking
  11. medivacs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: medius (page history and authors); medius (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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