ambidextern.adj.

Brit.

/ˌambᵻˈdɛkstə/, U.S.

/ˌæmbəˈdɛkstər/

Forms:

α. Middle English ambidextre (in a late copy), Middle English– ambidexter, 1500s ambydexter, 2000s– ambidextor.

β. 1500s–1700s ambodexter.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ambidexter.

Etymology: As noun < post-classical Latin ambidexter corrupt lawyer (or occasionally juror) who takes fees or bribes from both sides in a case (14th cent. in British sources), use as noun of ambidexter (see below). As adjective < post-classical Latin ambidexter ambidextrous, able to use the left and right hands equally well (Vetus Latina), receiving profit from two sources, taking fees from both sides (from 13th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin ambi- ambi- prefix + dexter dexter adj., after Hellenistic Greek ἀμϕοτεροδέξιος.Compare Anglo-Norman ambidextour corrupt juror or lawyer who receives payment from both parties (1354), Middle French, French ambidextre , adjective (a1365 in sense B. 2, 1547 in sense B. 1, 1690 designating a corrupt judge; the use as noun in the sense ‘ambidextrous person’ is not paralleled until considerably later: 1797). Compare also Old Occitan ambidextre ambidextrous (c1350). Specific forms. With the form ambidextor at α. forms perhaps compare -or suffix. In β. forms after classical Latin ambō both (see ambi- prefix). Specific senses. With use as adjective compare ambidextrous adj.

A. n.

1. A person who has two contradictory or incompatible roles; a double-dealer; a deceitful or hypocritical person. Now rare and somewhat archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > double-dealing, duplicity > a double-dealer

ambidexter1395

doubler1556

Tom Double1704

12 Concl. Lollards (Trin. Hall Cambr.) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1907) 22 299 A kyng and a bisschop al in o persone... Us thinkith þat hermofodrita or ambidexter were a god name to sich manere of men of duble astate.

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 707 (MED) False renegates, Sotyll ambidextres, & sekers of debates.

1555 N. Ridley Brief Declar. Lordes Supper sig. C7^v They may be called Neutralles, Ambodexters, or rather suche as can shifte on bothe sydes.

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iv. 825 In this Battell I espy'd Some Ambodexters, fight on either side.

1796 M. C. Browne Leaf out of Burke's Bk. 30 Like many other ambi-dexters who have gone before you, Sir, you have overshot the mark.

1864 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. III. 278 An Ambidexter, owing fealty to both Counts and not faithful to either.

1977 Diacritics 7 64 Avowing freely the untrustworthiness of his fiction, the writer becomes a kind of ambidexter or trickster.

2. Law. A corrupt lawyer (or occasionally juror) who takes fees or bribes from both sides in a case. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > unjust or corrupt

ambidexter1451

capon-justicea1639

unjusticea1661

justice broker1690

basket-justice1860

barrator1864

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > one who can be bribed

ambidexter1451

briber1520

bribe-taker1549

money-takerc1616

chopping-takera1670

bribee1776

bribable1852

squarable1898

1451 Memorandum of Prosecutions in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 527 (table) Maters sterid to hurt of bothe parties. Ser John Fastolf [etc.]..Ambidexter. Dux Norff', Dux Suff' [etc.].

1527 Statutes Prohemium Iohannis Rastell (new ed.) f. vij Ambydexter that is he that takyth money on bothe partes.

1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xiii. xviii. 238 From costly Bills of greedy Emp'ricks free, From Plea of Ambo-dexters Fee.

1725 New Canting Dict. Ambidexter,..a Lawyer that takes Fees of Plaintiff and Defendant at once.

1824 C. Hammond Cases Supreme Court Ohio 1 61 He is an ambidexter and a disgrace to his profession.

1920 Canad. Law Times Nov. 931 It was..decided to be actionable, to accuse an attorney of being an ambidexter, or one who dealt with both sides.

1995 B. A. Garner Dict. Mod. Legal Usage (ed. 2) 48/1 Ambidexter, a solicitor who, retained by one party to litigation, abandons that party for the adversary.

3. A person who is able to use the right and left hands equally well; an ambidextrous person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [noun] > both sides > person

ambidexter1595

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skilful person > person of unusual dexterity

ambidexter1753

1595 Problemes of Aristotle sig. C8 Why are some men ambidexters, that is, vse the left hand as well as the right?

1657 N. Culpeper & W. Rand tr. J. Riolan Sure Guide vi. xvi. 280 Why are there so few Ambodexters that can use both hands alike?

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Surgeons and oculists are of necessity obliged to be Ambidexters.

1873 Nation (N.Y.) 14 July 27/2 He is inclined to believe that there are no ambidexters, and that all persons who have been called such have very probably been people who were born with a tendency to left-handedness.

1913 E. T. Brewster Guide to Living Things xix. 121 Sometimes the ambidexters are people who have hurt the right hand, and had to learn to use the left.

2007 Independent on Sunday 4 Nov. 12 The researchers found ambidexters performed less well in arithmetic, spatial skills, language, memory, and reasoning.

B. adj.

1. Double-dealing, deceitful, hypocritical; spec. (of a juror or lawyer) that corruptly takes fees or bribes from both sides in a legal case. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] > double-dealing

twifoldc897

doublea1340

twice-sworn1542

ambidexter1549

double-hearteda1555

double-faced1574

doubling1581

double-dealing1587

twi-faced1635

two-faceda1640

ambidextrous1646

double-headed1646

two-hearteda1656

ambidextral1665

twistical1805

twistifying1845

twistified1872

duplicitous1958

1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Kiii^v Adiournyng iudges, and Ambidexter Aduocates [L. collusorem..aduocatum].

1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. E3^v Alluded to some Ambodexter Lawyer.

a1625 H. Finch Law (1627) iii. ii. 186 To call..an Attornie Ambodexter, or to say that hee dealeth..corruptly.

1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 112 This great Lawyer [sc. Anthony Fitzherbert] became a mortal Enemy to that Ambidexter Clergyman, Cardinal Woolsey.

1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith i. ii. ii. §2. 94 Tortuous and ambidexter sophistries.

2003 J. Lopez Theatr. Convent. & Response in Early Mod. Drama v. 126 Edricus' real power, like so many ambidexter villains to come, is in his words.

†2. Able to use the right and left hands equally well; = ambidextrous adj. 1a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [adjective] > both sides

even-handed1552

both-handeda1627

ambidexter1627

ambidextrous1646

ambilevous1646

double-handed1782

ambisinistrous1863

ambidextral1871

ambilateral1927

1627 J. Weemes Pourtraiture Image of God in Man i. iii. 27 When the heat equally disperseth it selfe to both the hands, then a man is Ambidexter, hee hath the vse of both the hands equally alike.

1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cviii. 259 Being ambi-dexter, [he] raised..a clatter upon the turnkey's blind side.

1832 United Service Jrnl. Dec. 455 Dr. Hancock, who is ambidexter and deals his blows to the right and to the left, fairly catches the two corps of combatants.

1910 G. H. Stewart Legal Med. xii. §104. 274 In addition to this, remember that an alleged suicide may have been left-handed or ambi-dexter.

†3. Composed of, belonging to, or characterized by two sides or parts; two-sided. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > [adjective] > both > belonging to both sides

ambidextral1799

ambidexter1806

ambilateral1824

1806 Ann. Rev. & Hist. Lit. 1805 4 iii. 228/2 Posted by double entry with the ambidexter formality of an Italian ledger.

1839 J. Stephen Ess. Eccl. Biogr. (1850) II. 37 An ambidexter controversialist, the English Church warred at once with the errors of Rome and of Geneva.

1843 J. Q. Adams Mem. (1876) XI. xxi. 303 Charles J. Ingersoll renewed the motion for reconsideration, made an ambidexter speech, full of sense and nonsense—of wisdom and of knavery.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ambidexter
释义	ambidextern.adj. Brit. /ˌambᵻˈdɛkstə/, U.S. /ˌæmbəˈdɛkstər/ Forms: α. Middle English ambidextre (in a late copy), Middle English– ambidexter, 1500s ambydexter, 2000s– ambidextor. β. 1500s–1700s ambodexter. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin ambidexter. Etymology: As noun < post-classical Latin ambidexter corrupt lawyer (or occasionally juror) who takes fees or bribes from both sides in a case (14th cent. in British sources), use as noun of ambidexter (see below). As adjective < post-classical Latin ambidexter ambidextrous, able to use the left and right hands equally well (Vetus Latina), receiving profit from two sources, taking fees from both sides (from 13th cent. in British sources) < classical Latin ambi- ambi- prefix + dexter dexter adj., after Hellenistic Greek ἀμϕοτεροδέξιος.Compare Anglo-Norman ambidextour corrupt juror or lawyer who receives payment from both parties (1354), Middle French, French ambidextre , adjective (a1365 in sense B. 2, 1547 in sense B. 1, 1690 designating a corrupt judge; the use as noun in the sense ‘ambidextrous person’ is not paralleled until considerably later: 1797). Compare also Old Occitan ambidextre ambidextrous (c1350). Specific forms. With the form ambidextor at α. forms perhaps compare -or suffix. In β. forms after classical Latin ambō both (see ambi- prefix). Specific senses. With use as adjective compare ambidextrous adj. A. n. 1. A person who has two contradictory or incompatible roles; a double-dealer; a deceitful or hypocritical person. Now rare and somewhat archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > double-dealing, duplicity > a double-dealer ambidexter1395 doubler1556 Tom Double1704 12 Concl. Lollards (Trin. Hall Cambr.) in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1907) 22 299 A kyng and a bisschop al in o persone... Us thinkith þat hermofodrita or ambidexter were a god name to sich manere of men of duble astate. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 707 (MED) False renegates, Sotyll ambidextres, & sekers of debates. 1555 N. Ridley Brief Declar. Lordes Supper sig. C7^v They may be called Neutralles, Ambodexters, or rather suche as can shifte on bothe sydes. 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iv. 825 In this Battell I espy'd Some Ambodexters, fight on either side. 1796 M. C. Browne Leaf out of Burke's Bk. 30 Like many other ambi-dexters who have gone before you, Sir, you have overshot the mark. 1864 F. Palgrave Hist. Normandy & Eng. III. 278 An Ambidexter, owing fealty to both Counts and not faithful to either. 1977 Diacritics 7 64 Avowing freely the untrustworthiness of his fiction, the writer becomes a kind of ambidexter or trickster. 2. Law. A corrupt lawyer (or occasionally juror) who takes fees or bribes from both sides in a case. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > unjust or corrupt ambidexter1451 capon-justicea1639 unjusticea1661 justice broker1690 basket-justice1860 barrator1864 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > one who can be bribed ambidexter1451 briber1520 bribe-taker1549 money-takerc1616 chopping-takera1670 bribee1776 bribable1852 squarable1898 1451 Memorandum of Prosecutions in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 527 (table) Maters sterid to hurt of bothe parties. Ser John Fastolf [etc.]..Ambidexter. Dux Norff', Dux Suff' [etc.]. 1527 Statutes Prohemium Iohannis Rastell (new ed.) f. vij Ambydexter that is he that takyth money on bothe partes. 1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xiii. xviii. 238 From costly Bills of greedy Emp'ricks free, From Plea of Ambo-dexters Fee. 1725 New Canting Dict. Ambidexter,..a Lawyer that takes Fees of Plaintiff and Defendant at once. 1824 C. Hammond Cases Supreme Court Ohio 1 61 He is an ambidexter and a disgrace to his profession. 1920 Canad. Law Times Nov. 931 It was..decided to be actionable, to accuse an attorney of being an ambidexter, or one who dealt with both sides. 1995 B. A. Garner Dict. Mod. Legal Usage (ed. 2) 48/1 Ambidexter, a solicitor who, retained by one party to litigation, abandons that party for the adversary. 3. A person who is able to use the right and left hands equally well; an ambidextrous person. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [noun] > both sides > person ambidexter1595 the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skilful person > person of unusual dexterity ambidexter1753 1595 Problemes of Aristotle sig. C8 Why are some men ambidexters, that is, vse the left hand as well as the right? 1657 N. Culpeper & W. Rand tr. J. Riolan Sure Guide vi. xvi. 280 Why are there so few Ambodexters that can use both hands alike? 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) Surgeons and oculists are of necessity obliged to be Ambidexters. 1873 Nation (N.Y.) 14 July 27/2 He is inclined to believe that there are no ambidexters, and that all persons who have been called such have very probably been people who were born with a tendency to left-handedness. 1913 E. T. Brewster Guide to Living Things xix. 121 Sometimes the ambidexters are people who have hurt the right hand, and had to learn to use the left. 2007 Independent on Sunday 4 Nov. 12 The researchers found ambidexters performed less well in arithmetic, spatial skills, language, memory, and reasoning. B. adj. 1. Double-dealing, deceitful, hypocritical; spec. (of a juror or lawyer) that corruptly takes fees or bribes from both sides in a legal case. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [adjective] > double-dealing twifoldc897 doublea1340 twice-sworn1542 ambidexter1549 double-hearteda1555 double-faced1574 doubling1581 double-dealing1587 twi-faced1635 two-faceda1640 ambidextrous1646 double-headed1646 two-hearteda1656 ambidextral1665 twistical1805 twistifying1845 twistified1872 duplicitous1958 1549 T. Chaloner tr. Erasmus Praise of Folie sig. Kiii^v Adiournyng iudges, and Ambidexter Aduocates [L. collusorem..aduocatum]. 1592 T. Nashe Strange Newes sig. E3^v Alluded to some Ambodexter Lawyer. a1625 H. Finch Law (1627) iii. ii. 186 To call..an Attornie Ambodexter, or to say that hee dealeth..corruptly. 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 112 This great Lawyer [sc. Anthony Fitzherbert] became a mortal Enemy to that Ambidexter Clergyman, Cardinal Woolsey. 1856 P. E. Dove Logic Christian Faith i. ii. ii. §2. 94 Tortuous and ambidexter sophistries. 2003 J. Lopez Theatr. Convent. & Response in Early Mod. Drama v. 126 Edricus' real power, like so many ambidexter villains to come, is in his words. †2. Able to use the right and left hands equally well; = ambidextrous adj. 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [adjective] > both sides even-handed1552 both-handeda1627 ambidexter1627 ambidextrous1646 ambilevous1646 double-handed1782 ambisinistrous1863 ambidextral1871 ambilateral1927 1627 J. Weemes Pourtraiture Image of God in Man i. iii. 27 When the heat equally disperseth it selfe to both the hands, then a man is Ambidexter, hee hath the vse of both the hands equally alike. 1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. cviii. 259 Being ambi-dexter, [he] raised..a clatter upon the turnkey's blind side. 1832 United Service Jrnl. Dec. 455 Dr. Hancock, who is ambidexter and deals his blows to the right and to the left, fairly catches the two corps of combatants. 1910 G. H. Stewart Legal Med. xii. §104. 274 In addition to this, remember that an alleged suicide may have been left-handed or ambi-dexter. †3. Composed of, belonging to, or characterized by two sides or parts; two-sided. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > two > [adjective] > both > belonging to both sides ambidextral1799 ambidexter1806 ambilateral1824 1806 Ann. Rev. & Hist. Lit. 1805 4 iii. 228/2 Posted by double entry with the ambidexter formality of an Italian ledger. 1839 J. Stephen Ess. Eccl. Biogr. (1850) II. 37 An ambidexter controversialist, the English Church warred at once with the errors of Rome and of Geneva. 1843 J. Q. Adams Mem. (1876) XI. xxi. 303 Charles J. Ingersoll renewed the motion for reconsideration, made an ambidexter speech, full of sense and nonsense—of wisdom and of knavery. 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