left-handed
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left-handed
- /lɛftˈhændɪd/ Canada, US
Where it comes from
From Middle English left handyd, lyfthonded, equivalent to left + handed.
adjective lefthanded
- Using one's left hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's right.
- Intended to be worn on, or used by, the left hand.
- Turning or spiraling from right to left; anticlockwise.
- Awkward or maladroit.
- Insincere or malicious. The commendations of this people are not always […]left-handed and detractive.
- Performed with the intention of doing harm or in transgression against convention or taboo; following the left-hand path On the other hand, nearly all magic tends in time to the left-handed path; as being a devious means of attaining desires unobtainable by ordinary methods.
- Of a coordinate system: not following the right-hand rule.
Similar: sinistromanual
noun lefthanded
- Left-handed people, taken as a whole. Evidence contradicting this principle came from a study of epileptic patients by Penfield and Roberts (1959) who found that dysphasia following surgery on the right hemisphere was not significantly more frequent in the left-handed than in the right-handed.
Opposite: right-handed
Thesaurus
adjective
Similar: sinistromanual
noun
Opposite: right-handed
Translations
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adj preferring the left hand over the right
| Español | zurdo, zoco, zocato, ñurdo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 왼손잡이 oensonjabi |
| 日本語 | 左利き hidarikiki |
| 中文 | 左利手 zuǒlìshǒu, 左撇子 zuǒpiězi |
| हिन्दी | बाएँ हत्था bāẽ hatthā |
| Português | canhoto, sestro |
| Français | gaucher |
| Deutsch | linkshändig |
| Italiano | mancino |
| Ελληνικά | αριστερόχειρας aristerócheiras |
| Română | stângaci |
| Русский | левору́кий levorúkij |
| العربية | أَيْسَر ʔaysar, أَعْسَر ʔaʕsar, أَشْوَل ʔašwal |
| עברית | שמאלי smalí, אִטֵּר itér |
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title = {left-handed},
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