ambidextrous

Meaning

Adjective

  • Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands.
  • Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people .
  • Practising or siding with both parties.
  • Of a person, bisexual.
  • Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc.

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Origin

  • From ambi- Latin dexter ("right") + -ous (as if both hands are like the right hand, which is the stronger hand in most people).

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