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ambilævous

ambilævous is the alternative spelling of ambilevous.

Meaning of ambilevous

Adjective

ambilevous (comparative more ambilevous, superlative most ambilevous)

  1. (rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
    • Again, Some are Ἀμφαριστεροὶ as Galen hath expreſſed : that is, Ambilevous or left-handed on both ſides; ſuch as with agility and vigour have not the uſe of either : who are not gymnaſtically compoſed : nor actively uſe thoſe parts. Now in theſe there is no right hand : of this conſtitution are...1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    ambisinistrous

Forms of ambilævous

comparativemore ambilævous
superlativemost ambilævous

Questions about ambilævous

What is ambilævous the alternative spelling of?
Ambilævous is the alternative spelling of ambilevous.

Words near ambilævous in the dictionary

  1. ambilogy
  2. ambiloquent
  3. ambiloquies
  4. ambiloquous
  5. ambiloquy
  6. ambilævous
  7. ambimoustrous
  8. ambiodic
  9. Ambiong
  10. ambiophonic
  11. ambiophonics

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