pollicate

verb, adj — 2 senses

pollicate

verb

/ˈpɒlɪkeɪt/

Etymology From Latin pollex (“thumb, big toe”).

1

To gesture with the thumb.

‘Disgusting? this is Tea, Friend, Cha,— what all tasteful London drinks,– that,’ pollicating the Coffee-Pot, ‘is what’s disgusting.’1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon, New York: Henry Holt and Company, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 467:

pollicate

adj

Etymology From Latin pollex (“thumb, big toe”).

1

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology Of insects: having a curved projection or spine on the inner side of a leg joint.

Derived terms: epollicate

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