Etymology

pollical

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Today it means: of the thumb Full definition →

Latin pollicis
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  1. Latin · borrowed frompollicis
  2. English todaypollical

Borrowed from Latin pollicis, genitive form of pollex (“thumb”), with the suffix -al.

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