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sinistrous

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sin⋅is⋅trous

  [sin-uh-struhs]
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–adjective
1. ill-omened; unlucky; disastrous.
2. sinistral; left.
Origin:
1550–60; < L sinistr-, s. of sinister (see sinister ) + -ous

Related forms:
sin⋅is⋅trous⋅ly, adverb
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sin·is·trous   (sĭn'ĭ-strəs, sĭ-nĭs'trəs)   
adj.   Archaic
Sinister; inauspicious.
sin'is·trous·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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