pollicate
English
Etymology
From Latin pollex "thumb, big toe".
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɒlɪkeɪt/
Verb
pollicate (third-person singular simple present pollicates, present participle pollicating, simple past and past participle pollicated)
- to gesture with the thumb
- 1997: ‘Disgusting? this is Tea, Friend, Cha,– what all tasteful London drinks,– that,’ pollicating the Coffee-Pot, ‘is what’s disgusting.’ — Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon
Adjective
pollicate (not comparable)
- (zoology) Of insects: having a curved projection or spine on the inner side of a leg joint.
References
- pollicate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Capetillo, pacotille