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Dextrous
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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World English Dictionary
| dexterous or dextrous (ˈdɛkstrəs) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | possessing or done with dexterity |
| 2. | a rare word for right-handed |
| dextrous or dextrous | |
| —adj | |
| 'dexterously or dextrous | |
| —adv | |
| 'dextrously or dextrous | |
| —adv | |
| 'dexterousness or dextrous | |
| —n | |
| 'dextrousness or dextrous | |
| —n | |
| dextrous (ˈdɛkstrəs) | |
| —adj | |
| a variant spelling of dexterous | |
| 'dextrously | |
| —adv | |
| 'dextrousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
dextrous
1620s, alt. spelling of dexterous; this version is more conformable to Latin but less common in English.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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