great toe

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English *gret to (attested as plural gret toon). Compare Old English mycle tā (big toe, literally mickle toe).

Noun[edit]

great toe (plural great toes)

  1. (dated, anatomy) big toe
    • 1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XXVII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 279:
      "[I]t is not only thus with this thumb, but also with my other thumb and with both my great toes..."