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Definition: AMBIDEXTER |
AMBIDEXTERAdjective1. Using both hands with equal ease. Noun1. A juror who takes money from both parties for giving his verdict. 2. A double-dealer; one equally ready to act on either side in party disputes. 3. A person who uses both hands with equal facility. |
Date "AMBIDEXTER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1924. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Slang in 1811 | AMBIDEXTER. A lawyer who takes fees from both plaintiff and defendant, or that goes snacks with both parties in gaming. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Tergiversation | Time server, time pleaser; timist, Vicar of Bray, trimmer, ambidexter;time server, time pleaser; timist, Vicar of Bray, trimmer, ambidexter; weathercock; (changeable); Janus. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: AMBIDEXTER |
| English words defined with "AMBIDEXTER": Ambilevous. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "AMBIDEXTER" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. German (ambidextrous), Swedish (ambidextrous). |
| Language | Translations for "AMBIDEXTER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | أضبط. (various references) | |
Czech | obouruký (ambidextrous). (various references) | |
Danish | ambidexter, tohåndet. (various references) | |
Dutch | ambidexter. (various references) | |
French | ambidextre (ambidextrous). (various references) | |
German | Ambidexter (ambidextrous), Beidhänder. (various references) | |
Greek | αμφιδέξιος (ambidextrous). (various references) | |
Italian | ambiguo (ambiguous, backhanded, devious, doubtful, equivocal), ambidestro (ambidextrous). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ambidexteray.(various references) | |
Romanian | ambidextru (ambidextrous), taler cu douã feţe, fãţarnic (dissembler, dissembling, double, double-tongued, false, hypocrite, hypocritical, smooth-faced, treacherous), înşelãtor (cheat, colourable, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, delusory, double-dealer, manipulator, mendacious, specious). (various references) | |
Russian | двурушник (double dealer, double-dealer). (various references) | |
Spanish | ambidextro (ambidextrous). (various references) | |
Turkish | iki yüzlü (ambidextrous, bilateral, disingenuous, dissembler, double dealing, double faced, double-dealer, double-minded, double-tongued, false, hypocrite, hypocritical, insincere, left handed, pharisaic, pharisaical, shammer, slimy, smooth tongued, smooth-faced, smoothie, two sided), iki elini de kullanabilen kimse. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | амбідекстр, дворушницький, дворушник (double-face), дволичний (ambidextrous, double faced, two faced, twofold). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người thuận cả hai tay người lá mặt lá trái (ambidexterous, ambidextrous), người hai mang (ambidexterous, ambidextrous), người ăn ở hai lòng (ambidexterous, ambidextrous). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "AMBIDEXTER": ambidexterities, ambidexterity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-e-e-i-m-r-t-x" | |
-2 letters: diameter, rebaited, timbered. | |
-3 letters: beadier, beamier, bedmate, bedtime, bemired, bemixed, berated, berimed, betaxed, breamed, debater, demerit, dimeter, emerita, emirate, extrema, meatier, mediate, merited, mitered, readmit, rebated, redbait, remated, remixed, retaxed, retimed, tabered, tribade. | |
-4 letters: abider, admire, admixt, aeried, airted, ambeer, baited, baiter, barite, barmie, beamed, beater, bemire, bemixt, berate, berime, betide, betime, bireme. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-e-e-i-m-r-t-x" | |
+3 letters: ambidexterity. | |
+5 letters: ambidexterities. | |
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