So does Dante. See Inferno, XXV:2.
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From: "howard posner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Lutelist" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 5:23 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: origin of the word figueta
On Nov 3, 2008, at 5:11 PM, Roman Turovsky wrote:
And in Russian "figa" is an obcene gesture of a masculine nature,
consisting of the thumb protruding between index and middle fingers
in a fist.
"The fig" in English is the same gesture. It comes up a few times in
Shakespeare.
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