different between sinistrous vs sinistral

English

Etymology

sinister +? -ous

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n?st??s/

Adjective

sinistrous (comparative more sinistrous, superlative most sinistrous)

1. (archaic) On the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral.
2. (archaic) wrong; absurd; perverse
   • 1725, Richard Bentley, Remarks upon a late Discourse of free-thinking

     But even put them into the hands of a knave or a fool , and yet , with the most sinistrous' and absurd choice , he shall not extinguish the light of any one chapter.

English

Adjective

sinistral (not comparable)

1. Of, facing, or on the left side.
2. Left-handed.
3. (zoology, of certain spiral shells) Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed.
4. (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)

1. (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)

1. sinistral

Declension

Further reading

• “sinistral” in Duden online