English Explanatory Dictionary

wedding finger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The ring finger of the left hand.

Word forms

wedding finger wedding fingers

Etymology

From wedding + finger. One theory has it that the fourth finger of the left hand was used because it was thought to hold a vein connecting directly to the heart.

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