digitate

Adjective Satellite

resembling a finger
- "digitate leaves of the horse chestnut"

Adj

Having digits, fingers or things shaped like fingers; fingerlike
Having parts that spread out from a common point in a finger-like manner.

Verb

To point out as with one's finger, indicate.
To spread out from a common point in a finger-like manner.

Adjective

Having finger-like processes; resembling fingers.

Examples

The branching word structure on the board was quite DIGITATE, reaching into many open spaces.

Origin / Etymology

The adjective is first attested in 1661, the verb in 1657; the adjective was borrowed from Latin digitātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), the verb from digitātus, perfect passive participle of digitō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)).

Synonyms

fingerlike

Scrabble Score: 10

digitate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
digitate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
digitate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

digitate: valid Words With Friends Word