Word
of the Day for Tuesday 18th November 2014
Sinistral \SIN-uh-struhl\
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Adjective
1. Left-handed. 2. Of, pertaining to, or on the left side; left (opposed to dextral). |
Quotes
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During our years of separation (quite painless for us both), he had
changed from a poor, wiry student with animated, night-dark eyes and a
beautiful, strong, sinistral handwriting into a dignified, rather
corpulent gentleman…
-- Vladimir Nabokov, "Ultima Thule," The New Yorker, April 7, 1973 |
Origin
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Sinistral is related to the word sinister and
meant "unlucky" when it entered English in the 1400s. It was
extended to mean "on the left side" in the early 1800’s.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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