Word.ws English Dictionary

physic finger

physic finger noun: the ring finger.

Noun

physic finger (plural physic fingers)

  1. The ring finger.
    • […] Iasius ('healer') is the physic finger; Idas ('he of Mount Ida' — Rhea's seat) is the oracular little finger.1988, D. August Hunt, The Road of the Sun, →ISBN, page 8
    • Alder, physic finger, By power of divination,
      Diagnose all maladies of a doubtful mind.1998, Douglas Monroe, The Lost Books of Merlyn: Druid Magic from the Age of Arthur, →ISBN, page 322

Synonyms of physic finger

Forms of physic finger

pluralphysic fingers

Origin of physic finger

Calque of the Latin digitus medicus.

Questions about physic finger

What does physic finger mean?
Physic finger means the ring finger.
What part of speech is physic finger?
Physic finger is a noun.
What is the plural of physic finger?
The plural of physic finger is physic fingers.

Words near physic finger in the dictionary

  1. physiatrists
  2. physiatry
  3. physible
  4. physibles
  5. physic
  6. physic finger
  7. physic fingers
  8. physic garden
  9. physic gardens
  10. physic nut
  11. physic nuts

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: physic finger (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “physic finger.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/physic_finger. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.