fingermark

English

Etymology

From finger +‎ mark.

Noun

fingermark (plural fingermarks)

  1. A blemish made by a dirty finger; a fingerprint.
    He left his fingermark on the recently cleaned cloth.
    • 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 145:
      “No,” I said, rather surprised, “I know that there are no two finger-marks alike, but that’s as far as my science goes.”
    • 1992 October 20, Marlise Simons, “Stone Age Art Shows Penguins at Mediterranean”, in New York Times:
      [The cave] Paintings are almost all black, done in charcoal and oxide of manganese. The naturalistic scenes are crisscrossed with fingermarks and an array of signs and geometric designs, zigzagged, straight and curved.
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