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ambidextrousness

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am⋅bi⋅dex⋅trous

  [am-bi-dek-struhs]
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–adjective
1. able to use both hands equally well: an ambidextrous surgeon.
2. unusually skillful; facile: an ambidextrous painter, familiar with all media.
3. double-dealing; deceitful.
4. Slang. bisexual.
Origin:
1640–50; ambidext(e)r + -ous

Related forms:
am⋅bi⋅dex⋅trous⋅ly, adverb
am⋅bi⋅dex⋅trous⋅ness, noun
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Word Origin & History

ambidextrous 
1646, from L. ambidexter, lit. "right-handed on both sides," from ambi- "both" (see ambi-) + dexter "right-handed." Its opposite, ambilevous "left-handed on both sides, clumsy" (1646) is rare. Ambidexter "one who takes bribes from both sides" is attested from 1532.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: am·bi·dex·trous
Pronunciation: "am-bi-'dek-str&s
Function: adjective
: using both hands with equal ease —am·bi·dex·trous·ly adverb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

ambidextrous am·bi·dex·trous (ām'bĭ-děk'strəs)
adj.
Able to use both hands with equal facility.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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