fingered

[ fing-gerd ]

adjective

1. having fingers, especially of a specified kind or number (often used in combination):

   a five-fingered glove.

2. spoiled or marred by handling, as merchandise.
3. Zoology, Botany. digitate.
4. (of a musical score) marked to show which fingers should be used in playing the notes.

fingered

/ ˈfɪŋɡəd /

adjective

1. marked or dirtied by handling
2. 1. having a finger or fingers
   2. ( in combination )

      nine-fingered

      red-fingered

3. (of a musical part) having numerals indicating the necessary fingering

Word History and Origins

Origin of fingered¹

First recorded in 1520–30; finger + -ed ³

Example Sentences

And it fingered Diana Teran, its own constitutional policing advisor, as the source of the leak, even though Teran was the one who’d initially reported it and denied passing along the information.

From Los Angeles Times

They attacked France as a liar who had fingered Leasure to save himself.

From Los Angeles Times

She blinked through her specs and fingered her last whisker in thought.

From Literature

And while a species commonly known as "the rat flea" has been fingered as the main culprit in plague outbreaks, a species known as "the human flea" may play a secondary role.

From Science Daily

When Etsy’s site crashed for short periods last October and December, some of the company’s developers fingered Copilot for the outage.

From Seattle Times