ambidexter
/ambɪˈdɛkstə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Someone who is ambidextrous.
noun
Someone who is two-faced; a double-dealer, such as a cheat or a crook.
adj
Example Sentences
- "But the thing which in eminent instances signalizes so exceptional a nature is this: though the man's even temper and discreet bearing would seem to intimate a mind peculiarly subject to the law of reason, not the less in his heart he would seem to riot in complete exemption from that law, having apparently little to do with reason further than to employ it as an ambidexter implement for effecting the irrational."
- "One takes upon him temperence, holiness […], whenas indeed he, and he, and he, and the rest are hypocrites, ambidexters, outsides, so many turning pictures, a lion on one side, a lamb on the other."
- "He then changed his battery, and being ambidexter, raised such a clatter upon the turnkey’s blind side, that this hero, believing him left-handed, converted his attention that way, and opposed the unenlightened side of his face to the right hand of Pipes […]"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ambɪˈdɛkstə/