ambidexter

[ am-bi-dek-ster ]

adjective
  1. Archaic. ambidextrous.

noun
  1. Obsolete. an ambidextrous person.

Origin of ambidexter

1
From Late Latin, dating back to 1525–35; see origin at ambi-, dexter

Other words from ambidexter

  • am·bi·dex·tral, adjective

Words Nearby ambidexter

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How to use ambidexter in a sentence

  • Both ambidexter and quadruple-armed is that man, who in a day-laborer's body, possesses a day-laboring soul.

    Pierre; or The Ambiguities | Herman Melville
  • The comic scenes have a link of connection with the tragic ones in ambidexter, the vice and accomplice of the villanous tyrant.

    Tragedy | Ashley H. Thorndike
  • They are, indeed, nearly ambidexter; but the sword, the spear and the fish-gig are always used with the right hand.

  • My left hand has accordingly been my most willing and obedient servant, and in this way I became ambidexter.

    Stories of Invention | Edward E. Hale