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sinistral
English
Adjective
sinistral (not comparable)
- Of, facing, or on the left side.
- Left-handed.
- (zoology, of certain spiral shells) Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed.
- (geology) Having left lateral fault movement.
Synonyms
- (of, facing, or on the left side): sinistrous
Antonyms
- (of, facing, or on the left side): dextral
Derived terms
- sinistral fault
- sinistral fold
Related terms
- sinister
Noun
sinistral (plural sinistrals)
- (medicine) A left-handed individual.
References
- sinistral in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [zin?s?t?a?l]
- Hyphenation: si?nis?t?ral
Adjective
sinistral (not comparable)
- sinistral
Declension
Further reading
- “sinistral” in Duden online
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left
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English left, luft, leoft, lift, lyft, from Old English left, lyft (“weak, clumsy, foolish”), attested in Old English lyft?dl (“palsy, paralysis”), from Proto-Germanic *luft-, from *lubjan? (“to castrate, lop off”) (compare dialectal English lib, West Frisian lobje, Dutch lubben), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leup, *(s)lup (“hanging limply”). Compare Scots left (“left”), North Frisian lefts, leeft, leefts (“left”), West Frisian lofts (“left”), dialectal Dutch loof (“weak, worthless”), Low German lucht (“left”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /l?ft/
- Rhymes: -?ft
Adjective
left (comparative more left or lefter, superlative most left or leftmost)
- Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the opposite of right;.
- Synonyms: sinister, sinistral
- Antonyms: right, dexter, dextral
- (politics) Pertaining to the political left.
- Antonym: right
Derived terms
Related terms
- left wing
- two left feet
Translations
Adverb
left (not comparable)
- On the left side.
- Antonym: right
- Towards the left side.
- Antonym: right
- Towards the political left.
- Antonym: right
Derived terms
- left turn (interjection, verb)
Translations
Noun
left (plural lefts)
- The left side or direction.
- Synonyms: 9 o'clock, port
- (politics) The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group.
- The left hand or fist.
- (boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist.
- (surfing) A wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).
- Antonym: right
Derived terms
- lefty
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English left, variant of laft (“remaining, left”), from Old English l?fd, ?el?fd, past participle of l?fan (“to leave”). More at leave.
Verb
left
- simple past tense and past participle of leave (“depart, separate from; (cause or allow to) remain”).
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle English levit, ilevet, y-levyd, from Old English ?el?fd, ?el?fed, past participle of Old English ?el?fan, l?fan (“to allow, permit”), equivalent to leave (“to give leave to, allow, grant, permit”) +? -ed.
Verb
left
- simple past tense and past participle of leave (“permit”).
- simple past tense and past participle of leave (“have a remnant”).
References
- The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, Walter W. Skeat.
Anagrams
- FELT, Felt, TEFL, felt, flet
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