- dactylonomy
- Counting using one's fingers
Grandiloquent dictionary. 2006.
dactylonomy
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Dactylonomy — Dac tyl*on o*my, n. [Gr. da ktylos finger + no mos law, distribution.] The art of numbering or counting by the fingers. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dactylonomy — noun The use of ones fingers to express numbers … Wiktionary
dactylonomy — n. counting on the fingers, counting using the fingers; act of by the fingers … English contemporary dictionary
dactylonomy — n. counting on the fingers … Dictionary of difficult words
Finger counting — Finger counting, or dactylonomy, is the art of counting along one s fingers. Though marginalized in modern societies by Arabic numerals, formerly different systems flourished in many cultures,[1][2] including educated methods far more… … Wikipedia
List of shibboleths — Below are listed various examples of shibboleths. Note that many apocryphal shibboleths exist, and that since, by definition, shibboleths rely on stereotypical pronunciation traits, they may not accurately describe the speech of all members of… … Wikipedia
Пальцевый счёт — Торг с использованием счёта на пальцах в древнем Новгороде (фрагмент картины А. М. Васнецова «Новгородский торг», 1909 г.) Пальцевый счёт, счёт на пальцах или дактилономия ма … Википедия
accounting — Synonyms and related words: account, account rendered, accountancy, acta, analysis, annual, audit, auditing, automatic electronic navigation, bookkeeping, braking, brief, bulletin, census, census report, computation, coordination, cost accounting … Moby Thesaurus
census — Synonyms and related words: account, accounting, accounts, agenda, assemblage, assembly, beadroll, body count, cadastre, calendar, call up, canvass, capitulation, census report, checklist, checkroll, code, collection, colligation, collocation,… … Moby Thesaurus
counting — Synonyms and related words: accounting, assimilating, census, comprising, containing, covering, dactylonomy, embracing, encircling, enclosing, encompassing, enumeration, envisaging, foliation, including, inclusive, incorporating, inventorying,… … Moby Thesaurus
