ambidexter

[ am-bi-dek-ster ]

adjective

1. Archaic. ambidextrous.

noun

1. Obsolete. an ambidextrous person.

Other Words From

• ambi·dextral adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ambidexter¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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The comic scenes have a link of connection with the tragic ones in Ambidexter, the vice and accomplice of the villanous tyrant.

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

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My left hand has accordingly been my most willing and obedient servant, and in this way I became ambidexter.

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