digit

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun one of the elements that collectively form a system of numeration
noun the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
noun a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates

From Middle English digit, from Latin digitus (“a finger; a number”). Doublet of digitus and dedo.

Dennis entered the requested four digit PIN, 1501. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
DIMINISHED DIGITS PROVE TOO TITILLATING FOR FRISKY FRUMPS. — Ulysses, James Joyce
"Good--good!" shouted the prince, as he clasped my digits. — Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver, Theodore Canot

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