fingerless

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adjective

Without fingers owing to either a birth defect or amputation.

“fingerless gloves”

Opposite
fingered
OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English finger →
UncommonScrabble 14
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Meanings

adjectivefingerless (not comparable)
  1. Without fingers.
    1. not comparableWithout fingers owing to either a birth defect or amputation.

      born with a fingerless hand

    2. not comparableWith holes, such that the fingers are not covered.

      fingerless gloves

      1 more example

      And while his signature starched collar and fingerless gloves are yet to make an appearance, his looks are already topped off with another of his soon-to-be trademarks: a pair of dark aviator sunglasses.

      2024 June 3, Caitlin Chatterton, “‘Becoming Karl Lagerfeld:’ A flattering sketch of a controversial designer”, in CNN

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot having or having lost fingers

Opposite
fingered

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishfinger
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishfingerless

From finger + -less.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 無指 /无指
  • 無指 /无指 (wúzhǐ)having no fingers
Finnish sormeton
  • sormetonhaving no fingers
German fingerlos
  • fingerloshaving no fingers
Hungarian ujjatlan
  • ujjatlanhaving no fingers
Polish bezpalcowy
  • bezpalcowyhaving no fingers
Russian беспалый
  • беспалый (bespalyj)having no fingers
Turkish parmaksız
  • parmaksızhaving no fingers
Ukrainian безпа́лий
  • безпа́лий (bezpályj)having no fingers

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

fringeless
Cite this entry
APA

fingerless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingerless

MLA

“fingerless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingerless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fingerless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingerless.

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