Ambidextrous Definition
ămbĭ-dĕkstrəs
adjective
Able to use both hands with equal facility.
American Heritage
Able to use both hands with equal ease.
Webster's New World
Unusually skillful; adroit.
American Heritage
Very skillful or versatile.
Webster's New World
Deceptive or hypocritical.
American Heritage
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Origin of Ambidextrous
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Alteration of archaic ambidexter from Middle English double dealer from Medieval Latin Latin ambi- on both sides ambi– Latin dexter right-handed deks- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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ambi- + Latin dexter (“right”) + -ous (as if both hands are like the right hand, which is the stronger hand in most people).
From Wiktionary
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