ambidexter

American  

[am-bi-dek-ster] / ˌæm bɪˈdɛk stər /

adjective

1. Archaic. ambidextrous.

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noun

1. Obsolete. an ambidextrous person.

Other Word Forms

• ambidextral adjective

Etymology

Origin of ambidexter

From Late Latin, dating back to 1525–35; ambi-, dexter

Example Sentences

Halifax repeatedly prevented each of these parties from subjugating the other, and his ambidexter services seem to have been rewarded by the sincere hatred of both.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 by Scott, Walter, Sir

They are, indeed, nearly ambidexter; but the sword, the spear and the fish-gig are always used with the right hand.

From A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson by Tench, Watkin

Presently, being a five's player, and ambidexter, he shifted his hand, and the tremendous whacks resounded on the bull's left side.

From A Woman-Hater by Reade, Charles

I have this moment your more than kind letter, and congratulate your Grace that, in one sense of the word, you can be what you never will be in any other, ambidexter.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

Both ambidexter and quadruple-armed is that man, who in a day-laborer's body, possesses a day-laboring soul.

From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman