ambodexter
ambodexter is the obsolete spelling of ambidexter.
Meaning of ambidexter
Noun
ambidexter (plural ambidexters)
- Someone who is ambidextrous.
- A lawyer who takes fees from both plaintiff and defendant.
- 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...1888–1891, Herman Melville, “(please specify |chapter=I to XXVI)”, in Billy Budd and Other Stories, London: John Lehmann, published 1951, →OCLC
- Someone who is two-faced; a double-dealer, such as a cheat or a crook.
- 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., New York Review of Books, 2001, p.65
Forms of ambodexter
| plural | ambodexters |
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Origin of ambodexter
From Latin ambidexter. Compare ambo-.
Questions about ambodexter
- What is ambodexter the obsolete spelling of?
- Ambodexter is the obsolete spelling of ambidexter.
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