ambidexterity

[am-bi-dek-ster-i-tee] Origin

am·bi·dex·ter·i·ty

[am-bi-dek-ster-i-tee]
noun
1.
ambidextrous ease, skill, or facility.
2.
unusual cleverness.
3.
duplicity; deceitfulness.

Origin:
1645–55; ambidexter + -ity
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Ambidexterity has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells.
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
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World English Dictionary
ambidextrous (ˌæmbɪˈdɛkstrəs)
 
adj
1.  equally expert with each hand
2.  informal highly skilled or adept
3.  underhanded; deceitful
 
ambidexterity
 
n
 
ambi'dextrousness
 
n
 
ambi'dextrously
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

ambidexterity
1650s, from ambidexter "two-sided, using both hands with equal facility," also "double-dealing," from M.L. ambidexter (see ambidextrous).
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Medical Dictionary

ambidexterity am·bi·dex·ter·i·ty (ām'bĭ-děk-stěr'ĭ-tē) or am·bi·dex·trism (-děk'strĭz'əm)
n.
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.

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