Word of the Day for Tuesday, February 1, 2011
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ambisinister \am-bi-SIN-uh-ster\, adjective:
ambisinister \am-bi-SIN-uh-ster\, adjective:
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Clumsy or unskillful with both hands.
Clumsy or unskillful with both hands.
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The B.O.'s ambisinister handling of the whole Egyptian affair is proof positive that he is in way over his head on geopolitics!
--Spy Maker, JSA's Blog
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I feared I had simply become ambisinister until I realized that his sitar had fewer frets than mine did.-- Richard Connerney, The Upside Down Tree: India's Changing Culture
I feared I had simply become ambisinister until I realized that his sitar had fewer frets than mine did.-- Richard Connerney, The Upside Down Tree: India's Changing Culture
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Professor Fischer says that the reserve physicians "Were surgically ambisinister, medically at the zero point, and lacking in discipline, military skill and temperance."-- The military surgeon: Journal of the Association of Military, Volume 34, 1914
Professor Fischer says that the reserve physicians "Were surgically ambisinister, medically at the zero point, and lacking in discipline, military skill and temperance."-- The military surgeon: Journal of the Association of Military, Volume 34, 1914
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Ambisinister is a combination of the Latin roots Ambi-, "both," and sinister, "to the left side."
Ambisinister is a combination of the Latin roots Ambi-, "both," and sinister, "to the left side."
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