sinistraladj.n.

Brit.

/ˈsɪnᵻstr(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˈsɪnəstrəl/,

/səˈnɪstrəl/

Forms:

α. late Middle English sinistralle, 1500s sinisterall, 1500s synistrall, 1500s synystrall, 1500s–1600s sinistrall, 1500s– sinistral.

β. 1500s senistrall.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly (i) a borrowing from French or Latin. Partly (ii) a borrowing from French or Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: French sinistral ; Latin sinistralis ; French sinistre , Latin sinister , -al suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly (i) < Anglo-Norman senestrel, Old French sinistral situated on the left (12th cent.; compare senestral (noun) the left (12th cent.)), or its etymon post-classical Latin sinistralis situated on the left, (with reference to map orientation) northern (from early 9th cent. in British and continental sources; < classical Latin sinistr- , sinister sinister adj. + -ālis -al suffix¹), and partly (ii) < Old French sinistre or its etymon classical Latin sinistr-, sinister sinister adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare dextral adj.In quot. 1889 at sense B. 2 after Ottoman Turkish ṣolaq bodyguard of the sultan, literally ‘a left-handed one’ (see solak n.).

A. adj.

†I. Senses relating to misfortune, harm, or suspicion.

1. Adverse, unlucky. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adjective] > unfavourable

contrariousc1320

bada1325

contraryinga1340

adversea1393

frowarda1400

contrairc1400

fremd1423

adversant?a1425

sinister1432

perversea1450

undisposed1456

sinistral?a1475

contrary1477

favourless1509

unfriendlya1513

thwarting1530

wayward?1544

contrariant1548

disfavourable1561

cross1565

unindifferent1565

sinistrous1566

haggard1578

unkindly1579

backward1582

awkward1587

improsperous1598

thwart1610

unpropitious1613

averted1619

untoward1621

averse1623

impropitious1638

sinister1726

unfavourable1748

untowardly1756

unfavouring1835

?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 445 Dredynge not sinistralle fortune in batells.

2. Likely to cause misfortune or trouble; harmful. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious

litherc893

scathefulc900

orneOE

teenfulOE

atterlichc1050

evilc1175

wicka1250

scathela1300

deringa1325

unkindc1330

harmfula1340

ill1340

wicked1340

shrewdc1380

noisomea1382

venomed1382

noyfulc1384

damageousc1386

infectivea1398

unwholesomea1400

annoying?c1400

mischievous1414

damnablec1420

contagiousc1430

mischievable?a1439

damagefulc1449

damageable1474

unhappy1474

nuisable1483

nocible1490

nuisible1490

nuisant1494

noxiousa1500

nocent?c1500

hurtful1526

sinistral1534

nocive1538

offendent1547

offensivea1548

dangerous1548

naughtya1555

dispendious1557

offensible1575

wrackful1578

baneful1579

hindersome1580

scandalizing1593

damnifiable1604

taking1608

toadish1611

illful1613

nocivousc1616

mischieving1621

nocuous1627

obnoxious1638

nocumentous1644

vicious1656

nocumental1657

abnoxious1680

dungeonable1691

offending1694

hurtsomea1699

nociferous1706

sinister1726

damnific1727

hazardous1748

slaughtering1811

damaging1856

damnous1870

lethal1942

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harmful mischievousness > [adjective]

unhappy1474

sinistral1534

1534 A. Borde in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. II. 298 To geue to yow notycyon of certyn synystrall matters, contrary to o^r realme of Ynglond.

1536 A. Borde Let. 1 Apr. in Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) Foreword 52 Stultycyusly thorow synystrall wordes, I dyd as many of þat order doth.

1561 F. Coxe Retractation (heading) Certain sinistral and devilish acts.

3. Of an opinion, belief, etc.: not in accordance with established doctrine; unsound, heretical. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > heresy > [adjective]

dwal-kennedc1175

misbelievedc1225

dwalea1325

misbelievingc1330

land-leaping1377

hereticc1384

heretical1532

sinistral1542

sinistrous1562

unsound1597

pseudo-religious1672

Manichaeistic1924

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > error in belief or opinion > [adjective]

falsec1175

ungroundedc1380

ungroundable1395

erroneousc1400

wrongc1400

rotten1529

mistaken1540

sinistral1542

sinistrous1562

errorful1570

unsolid1593

unsound1595

misgrounded1606

mistaking1631

errorous1633

unbottomed1641

erratile1652

heterodox1654

unbased1860

misfelt1935

fuzzy1937

flaky1972

1542 T. Becon Newe Pathway vnto Praier xxix. sig. M.vi^v Supersticious teachynge, heresy, sinistrall opinions, sictes & all that euer is contrary to wholsome doctryne.

a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 165 Synistrall opinions, as concernynge prestes to haue wyues, wyth such like matters.

4. Of a report, opinion, etc.: characterized by deep suspicion or mistrust; unfavourable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adjective]

unfavourable1548

sinistral1560

head-shaking1626

disapproving1661

disapprobatory1751

neg1777

unapproving1787

disapprobative1821

rebukative1863

negative1867

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [adjective] > darkly suspicious

sinistral1560

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclxv Neither will they therefore conceiue any sinistrall suspicion of so great a king [L. neque uelle sinistri quicquam de tanto rege].

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxcii^v Diuers men haue had a sinistrall opinion of him [L. quod plaerique sinistre de se iudicarent].

?1571 W. Kethe Serm. Blanford Forum Pref. sig. A.ij^v Their sinistral reportes of my Sermon.

5. Secretive, underhand. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > underhand or sneaky

subornate1548

sneaking1582

sinistral1598

sinistruous1601

left-sided1607

left-handed1615

meeching1616

leer1631

backstabbing1803

sneaky1834

underhand1842

sneakish1864

underhanded1864

low-down1905

1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques vii. vii. 361 The Westerne people are more effeminate, soft, and giuen to secrecie: for that part belongeth to the Moone, which doth alwaies shew her selfe towards the West betweene the interlunar spaces, and for this cause as nocturnall and sinistral [Fr. sinistre].

II. Senses relating to the left side or hand.

a. Situated on the left side; of or relating to the left side or hand; left. rare before 19th cent.In quot. 1534 as part of an extended metaphor; cf. sense A. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [adjective] > situated at the side > left

winstereOE

lefta1200

car1279

wrong?a1400

left hand1440

sinister1483

sinistral1534

left-hand side1581

nar1607

sinistrous1646

nigh1722

left-handed1757

larboard1781

leftward1791

sinistrine1792

left-sided1801

toward1866

the world > life > the body > positions or directions in body > [adjective] > specific

rightOE

lefta1200

lowera1400

furtherc1400

lateral?a1425

sinistera1500

upper1528

anterior?1541

inferior1563

superior1566

oblique1578

high1588

ascendant1611

prone1646

peripherial1653

internal1657

supine1661

peripherical1690

gawk1703

ascending1713

adducent1722

submental1722

adductory1752

subdorsal1783

syntropic18..

atlantal1803

mesiad1803

mesial1803

proximal1803

sternal1803

distal1808

peripheral1808

peripheric1818

ventripetal1819

submedial1825

anteriormostc1826

subvertebral1827

afferent1828

sinistral1828

rostral1834

interganglionic1835

submedian1836

mesian1837

haemal1839

supravaginal1844

neural1846

symmetrical1851

suprameatal1853

paraxial1861

posterial1866

hypaxial1873

postaxial1873

preaxial1873

transmedial1876

transmedian1876

mediad1878

horizontal1881

mesal1881

prosomatic1882

dextrad1883

paramedian1890

prorsal1890

ventro-dorsal1895

midsagittal1898

ventro-axial1902

ventro-posterior1903

ipsilateral1907

parasagittal1907

ventromedial1908

homolateral1910

suprasellar1912

supratemporal1975

1534 J. Fewterer tr. U. Pinder Myrrour Christes Passion f. cxv Oure soule..for the more parte, be in vs senistrall [L. sinistra] that is of the left parte euyll or imperfite.

1656 T. Brewer Gospel Publique Worship 177 All manner of compleatings of this subject both lineal, à priori & posteriori, and collateral, dextral, and sinistral, shewn in the main part of the former Table summarily.

1828 Harrovian 185 A letter of goodly dimensions in the digits of our sinistral hand.

1914 C. G. Hewitt House-fly ix. 130 Each of the resulting nerves undergoes a second bifurcation;..the sinistral nerve bifurcates between segments eight and nine.

1977 Britannia 8 263 The site of the sinistral granary.

2002 N. Tosches In Hand of Dante 296 The map-maker watched attentively, his sinistral brow arched.

†b. figurative. Born out of wedlock, illegitimate. Cf. sinister adj. 10, left-handed adj. 2f. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > illegitimate

cheves-bornOE

misbegetc1325

bastc1330

misbegettenc1330

bastard1376

unlawfula1425

naturalc1425

illegitime1502

base1529

base-begot1534

illegitimate1536

misbegotten1554

bastarded1579

misborn1583

nameless1594

spurious1598

unfathered1600

misgotten1623

misbegot1626

baseborn1645

slip-sprung1665

born in (or under or out of) wedlock1675

side wind1738

love-begotten1761

born on the wrong side of the blanket1771

anonymous1869

sinistral1897

1897 W. C. Hazlitt Four Generations Lit. Family II. iv. viii. 172 To the country, which paid him so well for his services, he proved himself grateful by distributing his sinistral representatives of both sexes pretty freely, when there was a berth at his disposal.

a. Conchology and Zoology.Contrasted with dextral.

(a) Of a spirally coiled shell of a gastropod mollusc: having the aperture located on the left side (when the shell is held with the apex upwards and the aperture facing the observer); coiled to the left (anticlockwise). Also: designating such an aperture.Such shells have also been called reversed, because they are much less common than dextral shells.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > of parts of molluscs > of shell or parts of shell

testaceous1668

trivalvous1681

articulate1685

tabulous1734

concamerated1747

costated1751

ribbed1752

multivalve1753

umbilical1755

multivalved1759

trichite1765

right-handed1776

ventricose1777

unequivalved1788

sinistral1803

white-lipped1813

white-mouthed1815

turriculated1822

umbonial1824

turreted1826

siphunculated1828

columellar1829

sinistrorsal1830

canaliferous1834

spirivalve1835

turrited1835

versant1839

mitriform1843

paucispiral1843

turriculate1843

siphuncled1847

ventricous1850

camerated1851

convolute1851

perforated1851

parietal1854

septiferous1854

planorbiform1856

planorboid1856

trivalved1856

turrite1856

siphunculate1875

turriform1875

umbonic1877

costate1881

interlocular1888

varicated1891

lirate1894

evolute1896

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > of parts of molluscs > of other parts of

pedal1625

sinistral1803

lingual1826

byssiferous1835

pallial1836

metapodal1853

byssal1854

boreal1856

branchio-parietal1856

odontophorous1870

odontophoral1877

branchio-pallial1880

lentigerous1883

osphradial1883

pleurecbolic1883

pleurembolic1883

byssogenous1886

ctenidial1888

metapodial1890

pseudofaecal1953

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [adjective] > of parts of > on left side (of aperture)

sinistral1803

1803 G. Montagu Testacea Britannica II. 354 In some species of Nautilus, however, there can be no rule to ascertain whether it is dextral or sinistral; for when the aperture is exactly lateral, the lip collapses the body equally.

1832 E. Mayo Lessons on Shells ix. 56 The peculiarity of a sinistral aperture never runs through a whole genus of shells.

1866 R. Tate Plain & Easy Acct. Mollusks Great Brit. iii. 45 When the aperture is on the left hand side it is said to be sinistral.

1959 T. T. Macan Guide Freshwater Invertebr. Animals 20 Shell sinistral, i.e. if it be held upright with the aperture towards the observer the aperture is to the observer's left.

1985 Evolution 39 1375/2 Sinistral apertures are smaller than dextrals,..although entire shells do not differ systematically in size or weight.

2014 Crustaceana 87 476 In those [hermit crabs] reared in sinistral shells, the right major cheliped was more enlarged.

(b) Of a mollusc: having such a shell, or having the body coiled to the left (anticlockwise). Also: of or relating to such molluscs.

ΚΠ

1822 J. Fleming Philos. Zool. II. 448 In some species all the individuals are sinistral.

1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 499 In the genus Planorbis, appearances place a sinistral animal in a dextral shell.

1881 C. Bock Head-hunters Borneo xxiii. 242 They also brought me a sinistral Helix of a dark, reddish brown colour.

1961 J. Stubblefield Davies's Introd. Palaeontol. (ed. 3) iv. 102 There are a few asymmetrically-coiled forms.., resembling sinistral turreted gastropods.

2006 Jrnl. Paleontol. 80 264/1 There are four possible combinations of soft-body organization and shell coiling: anatomically dextral as well as sinistral animals may have dextrally or sinistrally coiled shells.

2017 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 12 Oct. Dr. Davison is now leaning toward a genetic cause for the snail's sinistral (lefty) disposition.

b. More generally: designating (the direction of) an anticlockwise spiral; forming such a spiral.

ΚΠ

1833 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 123 775 The sinistral direction appears to be constant in many species.

1860 Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1 580 Chalices [of Polypora Halliana] small, pore-like, juxtaposed in sinistral spiral lines upon the longitudinal rays.

1897 Nature 3 June 102/2 The silversmiths of India still commonly use a sinistral screw of very primitive form.

1950 L. E. Hawker Physiol. Fungi ii. 24 Growth in length of the sporangiophore is resumed, first in a dextral and then in a sinistral spiral.

2017 L. I. Held Deep Homology? i. 33 Rarely males [sc. narwhals] have two tusks, and in those individuals both of the tusks have sinistral grooves.

8. Of a flatfish: lying with the left side uppermost. Contrasted with dextral.Cf. earlier sinistrous adj. 8, and left-eyed adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [adjective] > having left side as upper side (of flat-fish)

sinistrous1803

sinistral1842

1842 J. E. De Kay Zool. N.-Y. iv. 293 The rule proposed by Bloch, is to place the fish on its edge, with the tail to the observer, and the dorsal fin uppermost; the fish is then said to be dextral or sinistral, according as the colored side is on the right or left hand.

1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 1 When referring to the pleuronectoids the terms right (dextral) or left (sinistral) are employed with reference to the position of the upper or coloured side.

1960 Copeia No. 2. 114/2 Two sinistral examples of the rex sole, G. zachirus, have recently been collected off northern California.

2015 R. N. Gibson et al. Flatfishes (ed. 2) vii. 177 The sidedness of the optic chiasma differs between sinistral and dextral species.

9. Of a person (or, rarely, animal): that uses the left hand (or foot) in preference to the right; left-handed. Occasionally also: of or relating to the left hand (or foot) or left-handedness. Contrasted with dextral.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [adjective] > favouring one side

right-handeda1398

left-handeda1425

left hand1440

left-legged1606

sinister1818

katy-handed1822

left-footed1832

right-sided1850

cack-handed1854

dextral1871

sinistral1871

left-sided1875

lefty1886

southpaw1886

handed1910

molly-dook1941

1871 Medico-chirurg. Trans. 54 289 As the parrot, though it perches on the right foot, uses the left to feed itself, it may as fairly said to manifest a sinistral as a dextral pre-eminence.

1892 Rec. Geol. Surv. New S. Wales 1990–92 (Dept. Mines, Sydney) II. 30 We are confronted with the fact that these weapons of offence and defence are held in the wrong hands unless the holder be regarded as sinistral.

1904 Westm. Gaz. 6 Aug. 11/3 Two per cent. of mankind are naturally sinistral.

2006 Independent 4 July 7/1 About one in eight people in Britain is thought to be sinistral.

10. Geology. Designating a strike-slip fault in which the displacement of the block on the further side of the fault from an observer is towards the left; of or relating to such a fault. Contrasted with dextral.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [adjective] > types of fault

normal1876

obsequent1913

sinistral1942

transcurrent1942

thrust-faulted1980

1942 E. M. Anderson Dynamics of Faulting & Dyke Formation v. 55 E. E. L. Dixon has distinguished the types of displacement as right-hand and left-hand heaves... The two classes of fault-planes may well be termed ‘dextral’ and ‘sinistral’.

1978 Nature 5 Jan. 50/2 The Bathurst and McDonald faults..are major sinistral and dextral strike-slip fault systems that extend for hundreds of kilometres.

2007 L. A. Spalletti & J. R. Franzese in Z. Gasparini et al. Patagonian Mesozoic Reptiles ii. 46 Far south, the sinistral displacement along the Shackleton transform fault zone was active.

B. n.

1. Zoology. A sinistral mollusc or mollusc shell.

ΚΠ

1822 J. Fleming Philos. Zool. II. 448 It is impossible, therefore, to conceive a dextral animal changed into a sinistral.

1868 J. C. Cox Monogr. Austral. Land Shells 80 Near the sea the specimens seem to be almost universally sinistral, while more inland the reverse is the case, sinistrals being rare.

1924 Proc. Royal Soc. 1923–4 B. 95 213 Sporadic sinistrals or sporadic dextrals have been found in many normally dextral or sinistral species.

1998 Amer. Naturalist 152 233/2 In the high-spired Partula suturalis, dextrals can copulate with sinistrals by minor adjustments of anterior body orientation.

2. A left-handed person.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [noun] > favouring one side > person

ciotóg1832

left-footer1864

right-footer1864

southpaw1871

right-hander1885

sinistral1889

port-sider1899

molly-hander1911

molly-dook1922

dextral1927

lefty1927

cuddy wifter1929

molly-dooker1934

northpaw1960

1889 Asiatic Q. Rev. 8 403 The Body-guards consisted of one company of Paiks..and four companies of Solaks (sinistrals) each company being 100 strong.

1911–12 Jrnl. Exper. Pedagogy 1 302 These results tend to indicate that sinistrals, as a class, are in no way deficient in their general power of verbal expression.

1964 M. Critchley Developmental Dyslexia xiv. 84 The patient declared herself to be right-handed, but she wore her wrist-watch on the right arm like many sinistrals do.

2018 @LisetteBaxter 11 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Can any of you crafty sinistrals point me to a crochet tutorial for left-handers?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sinistral
释义	sinistraladj.n. Brit. /ˈsɪnᵻstr(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈsɪnəstrəl/, /səˈnɪstrəl/ Forms: α. late Middle English sinistralle, 1500s sinisterall, 1500s synistrall, 1500s synystrall, 1500s–1600s sinistrall, 1500s– sinistral. β. 1500s senistrall. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly (i) a borrowing from French or Latin. Partly (ii) a borrowing from French or Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: French sinistral ; Latin sinistralis ; French sinistre , Latin sinister , -al suffix¹. Etymology: Partly (i) < Anglo-Norman senestrel, Old French sinistral situated on the left (12th cent.; compare senestral (noun) the left (12th cent.)), or its etymon post-classical Latin sinistralis situated on the left, (with reference to map orientation) northern (from early 9th cent. in British and continental sources; < classical Latin sinistr- , sinister sinister adj. + -ālis -al suffix¹), and partly (ii) < Old French sinistre or its etymon classical Latin sinistr-, sinister sinister adj. + -al suffix¹. Compare dextral adj.In quot. 1889 at sense B. 2 after Ottoman Turkish ṣolaq bodyguard of the sultan, literally ‘a left-handed one’ (see solak n.). A. adj. †I. Senses relating to misfortune, harm, or suspicion. 1. Adverse, unlucky. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adjective] > unfavourable contrariousc1320 bada1325 contraryinga1340 adversea1393 frowarda1400 contrairc1400 fremd1423 adversant?a1425 sinister1432 perversea1450 undisposed1456 sinistral?a1475 contrary1477 favourless1509 unfriendlya1513 thwarting1530 wayward?1544 contrariant1548 disfavourable1561 cross1565 unindifferent1565 sinistrous1566 haggard1578 unkindly1579 backward1582 awkward1587 improsperous1598 thwart1610 unpropitious1613 averted1619 untoward1621 averse1623 impropitious1638 sinister1726 unfavourable1748 untowardly1756 unfavouring1835 ?a1475 (?a1425) in tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1882) VIII. App. 445 Dredynge not sinistralle fortune in batells. 2. Likely to cause misfortune or trouble; harmful. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious litherc893 scathefulc900 orneOE teenfulOE atterlichc1050 evilc1175 wicka1250 scathela1300 deringa1325 unkindc1330 harmfula1340 ill1340 wicked1340 shrewdc1380 noisomea1382 venomed1382 noyfulc1384 damageousc1386 infectivea1398 unwholesomea1400 annoying?c1400 mischievous1414 damnablec1420 contagiousc1430 mischievable?a1439 damagefulc1449 damageable1474 unhappy1474 nuisable1483 nocible1490 nuisible1490 nuisant1494 noxiousa1500 nocent?c1500 hurtful1526 sinistral1534 nocive1538 offendent1547 offensivea1548 dangerous1548 naughtya1555 dispendious1557 offensible1575 wrackful1578 baneful1579 hindersome1580 scandalizing1593 damnifiable1604 taking1608 toadish1611 illful1613 nocivousc1616 mischieving1621 nocuous1627 obnoxious1638 nocumentous1644 vicious1656 nocumental1657 abnoxious1680 dungeonable1691 offending1694 hurtsomea1699 nociferous1706 sinister1726 damnific1727 hazardous1748 slaughtering1811 damaging1856 damnous1870 lethal1942 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harmful mischievousness > [adjective] unhappy1474 sinistral1534 1534 A. Borde in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. II. 298 To geue to yow notycyon of certyn synystrall matters, contrary to o^r realme of Ynglond. 1536 A. Borde Let. 1 Apr. in Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) Foreword 52 Stultycyusly thorow synystrall wordes, I dyd as many of þat order doth. 1561 F. Coxe Retractation (heading) Certain sinistral and devilish acts. 3. Of an opinion, belief, etc.: not in accordance with established doctrine; unsound, heretical. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > heresy > [adjective] dwal-kennedc1175 misbelievedc1225 dwalea1325 misbelievingc1330 land-leaping1377 hereticc1384 heretical1532 sinistral1542 sinistrous1562 unsound1597 pseudo-religious1672 Manichaeistic1924 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > error in belief or opinion > [adjective] falsec1175 ungroundedc1380 ungroundable1395 erroneousc1400 wrongc1400 rotten1529 mistaken1540 sinistral1542 sinistrous1562 errorful1570 unsolid1593 unsound1595 misgrounded1606 mistaking1631 errorous1633 unbottomed1641 erratile1652 heterodox1654 unbased1860 misfelt1935 fuzzy1937 flaky1972 1542 T. Becon Newe Pathway vnto Praier xxix. sig. M.vi^v Supersticious teachynge, heresy, sinistrall opinions, sictes & all that euer is contrary to wholsome doctryne. a1549 A. Borde Fyrst Bk. Introd. Knowl. (1870) 165 Synistrall opinions, as concernynge prestes to haue wyues, wyth such like matters. 4. Of a report, opinion, etc.: characterized by deep suspicion or mistrust; unfavourable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [adjective] unfavourable1548 sinistral1560 head-shaking1626 disapproving1661 disapprobatory1751 neg1777 unapproving1787 disapprobative1821 rebukative1863 negative1867 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [adjective] > darkly suspicious sinistral1560 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccclxv Neither will they therefore conceiue any sinistrall suspicion of so great a king [L. neque uelle sinistri quicquam de tanto rege]. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. cccxcii^v Diuers men haue had a sinistrall opinion of him [L. quod plaerique sinistre de se iudicarent]. ?1571 W. Kethe Serm. Blanford Forum Pref. sig. A.ij^v Their sinistral reportes of my Sermon. 5. Secretive, underhand. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > underhand or sneaky subornate1548 sneaking1582 sinistral1598 sinistruous1601 left-sided1607 left-handed1615 meeching1616 leer1631 backstabbing1803 sneaky1834 underhand1842 sneakish1864 underhanded1864 low-down1905 1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques vii. vii. 361 The Westerne people are more effeminate, soft, and giuen to secrecie: for that part belongeth to the Moone, which doth alwaies shew her selfe towards the West betweene the interlunar spaces, and for this cause as nocturnall and sinistral [Fr. sinistre]. II. Senses relating to the left side or hand. 6. a. Situated on the left side; of or relating to the left side or hand; left. rare before 19th cent.In quot. 1534 as part of an extended metaphor; cf. sense A. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [adjective] > situated at the side > left winstereOE lefta1200 car1279 wrong?a1400 left hand1440 sinister1483 sinistral1534 left-hand side1581 nar1607 sinistrous1646 nigh1722 left-handed1757 larboard1781 leftward1791 sinistrine1792 left-sided1801 toward1866 the world > life > the body > positions or directions in body > [adjective] > specific rightOE lefta1200 lowera1400 furtherc1400 lateral?a1425 sinistera1500 upper1528 anterior?1541 inferior1563 superior1566 oblique1578 high1588 ascendant1611 prone1646 peripherial1653 internal1657 supine1661 peripherical1690 gawk1703 ascending1713 adducent1722 submental1722 adductory1752 subdorsal1783 syntropic18.. atlantal1803 mesiad1803 mesial1803 proximal1803 sternal1803 distal1808 peripheral1808 peripheric1818 ventripetal1819 submedial1825 anteriormostc1826 subvertebral1827 afferent1828 sinistral1828 rostral1834 interganglionic1835 submedian1836 mesian1837 haemal1839 supravaginal1844 neural1846 symmetrical1851 suprameatal1853 paraxial1861 posterial1866 hypaxial1873 postaxial1873 preaxial1873 transmedial1876 transmedian1876 mediad1878 horizontal1881 mesal1881 prosomatic1882 dextrad1883 paramedian1890 prorsal1890 ventro-dorsal1895 midsagittal1898 ventro-axial1902 ventro-posterior1903 ipsilateral1907 parasagittal1907 ventromedial1908 homolateral1910 suprasellar1912 supratemporal1975 1534 J. Fewterer tr. U. Pinder Myrrour Christes Passion f. cxv Oure soule..for the more parte, be in vs senistrall [L. sinistra] that is of the left parte euyll or imperfite. 1656 T. Brewer Gospel Publique Worship 177 All manner of compleatings of this subject both lineal, à priori & posteriori, and collateral, dextral, and sinistral, shewn in the main part of the former Table summarily. 1828 Harrovian 185 A letter of goodly dimensions in the digits of our sinistral hand. 1914 C. G. Hewitt House-fly ix. 130 Each of the resulting nerves undergoes a second bifurcation;..the sinistral nerve bifurcates between segments eight and nine. 1977 Britannia 8 263 The site of the sinistral granary. 2002 N. Tosches In Hand of Dante 296 The map-maker watched attentively, his sinistral brow arched. †b. figurative. Born out of wedlock, illegitimate. Cf. sinister adj. 10, left-handed adj. 2f. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [adjective] > illegitimate cheves-bornOE misbegetc1325 bastc1330 misbegettenc1330 bastard1376 unlawfula1425 naturalc1425 illegitime1502 base1529 base-begot1534 illegitimate1536 misbegotten1554 bastarded1579 misborn1583 nameless1594 spurious1598 unfathered1600 misgotten1623 misbegot1626 baseborn1645 slip-sprung1665 born in (or under or out of) wedlock1675 side wind1738 love-begotten1761 born on the wrong side of the blanket1771 anonymous1869 sinistral1897 1897 W. C. Hazlitt Four Generations Lit. Family II. iv. viii. 172 To the country, which paid him so well for his services, he proved himself grateful by distributing his sinistral representatives of both sexes pretty freely, when there was a berth at his disposal. 7. a. Conchology and Zoology.Contrasted with dextral. (a) Of a spirally coiled shell of a gastropod mollusc: having the aperture located on the left side (when the shell is held with the apex upwards and the aperture facing the observer); coiled to the left (anticlockwise). Also: designating such an aperture.Such shells have also been called reversed, because they are much less common than dextral shells. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > of parts of molluscs > of shell or parts of shell testaceous1668 trivalvous1681 articulate1685 tabulous1734 concamerated1747 costated1751 ribbed1752 multivalve1753 umbilical1755 multivalved1759 trichite1765 right-handed1776 ventricose1777 unequivalved1788 sinistral1803 white-lipped1813 white-mouthed1815 turriculated1822 umbonial1824 turreted1826 siphunculated1828 columellar1829 sinistrorsal1830 canaliferous1834 spirivalve1835 turrited1835 versant1839 mitriform1843 paucispiral1843 turriculate1843 siphuncled1847 ventricous1850 camerated1851 convolute1851 perforated1851 parietal1854 septiferous1854 planorbiform1856 planorboid1856 trivalved1856 turrite1856 siphunculate1875 turriform1875 umbonic1877 costate1881 interlocular1888 varicated1891 lirate1894 evolute1896 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > of parts of molluscs > of other parts of pedal1625 sinistral1803 lingual1826 byssiferous1835 pallial1836 metapodal1853 byssal1854 boreal1856 branchio-parietal1856 odontophorous1870 odontophoral1877 branchio-pallial1880 lentigerous1883 osphradial1883 pleurecbolic1883 pleurembolic1883 byssogenous1886 ctenidial1888 metapodial1890 pseudofaecal1953 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Gastropoda > [adjective] > of parts of > on left side (of aperture) sinistral1803 1803 G. Montagu Testacea Britannica II. 354 In some species of Nautilus, however, there can be no rule to ascertain whether it is dextral or sinistral; for when the aperture is exactly lateral, the lip collapses the body equally. 1832 E. Mayo Lessons on Shells ix. 56 The peculiarity of a sinistral aperture never runs through a whole genus of shells. 1866 R. Tate Plain & Easy Acct. Mollusks Great Brit. iii. 45 When the aperture is on the left hand side it is said to be sinistral. 1959 T. T. Macan Guide Freshwater Invertebr. Animals 20 Shell sinistral, i.e. if it be held upright with the aperture towards the observer the aperture is to the observer's left. 1985 Evolution 39 1375/2 Sinistral apertures are smaller than dextrals,..although entire shells do not differ systematically in size or weight. 2014 Crustaceana 87 476 In those [hermit crabs] reared in sinistral shells, the right major cheliped was more enlarged. (b) Of a mollusc: having such a shell, or having the body coiled to the left (anticlockwise). Also: of or relating to such molluscs. ΚΠ 1822 J. Fleming Philos. Zool. II. 448 In some species all the individuals are sinistral. 1839 Penny Cycl. XIII. 499 In the genus Planorbis, appearances place a sinistral animal in a dextral shell. 1881 C. Bock Head-hunters Borneo xxiii. 242 They also brought me a sinistral Helix of a dark, reddish brown colour. 1961 J. Stubblefield Davies's Introd. Palaeontol. (ed. 3) iv. 102 There are a few asymmetrically-coiled forms.., resembling sinistral turreted gastropods. 2006 Jrnl. Paleontol. 80 264/1 There are four possible combinations of soft-body organization and shell coiling: anatomically dextral as well as sinistral animals may have dextrally or sinistrally coiled shells. 2017 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 12 Oct. Dr. Davison is now leaning toward a genetic cause for the snail's sinistral (lefty) disposition. b. More generally: designating (the direction of) an anticlockwise spiral; forming such a spiral. ΚΠ 1833 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 123 775 The sinistral direction appears to be constant in many species. 1860 Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 1 580 Chalices [of Polypora Halliana] small, pore-like, juxtaposed in sinistral spiral lines upon the longitudinal rays. 1897 Nature 3 June 102/2 The silversmiths of India still commonly use a sinistral screw of very primitive form. 1950 L. E. Hawker Physiol. Fungi ii. 24 Growth in length of the sporangiophore is resumed, first in a dextral and then in a sinistral spiral. 2017 L. I. Held Deep Homology? i. 33 Rarely males [sc. narwhals] have two tusks, and in those individuals both of the tusks have sinistral grooves. 8. Of a flatfish: lying with the left side uppermost. Contrasted with dextral.Cf. earlier sinistrous adj. 8, and left-eyed adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Pleuronectiformes (flat-fish) > [adjective] > having left side as upper side (of flat-fish) sinistrous1803 sinistral1842 1842 J. E. De Kay Zool. N.-Y. iv. 293 The rule proposed by Bloch, is to place the fish on its edge, with the tail to the observer, and the dorsal fin uppermost; the fish is then said to be dextral or sinistral, according as the colored side is on the right or left hand. 1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 1 When referring to the pleuronectoids the terms right (dextral) or left (sinistral) are employed with reference to the position of the upper or coloured side. 1960 Copeia No. 2. 114/2 Two sinistral examples of the rex sole, G. zachirus, have recently been collected off northern California. 2015 R. N. Gibson et al. Flatfishes (ed. 2) vii. 177 The sidedness of the optic chiasma differs between sinistral and dextral species. 9. Of a person (or, rarely, animal): that uses the left hand (or foot) in preference to the right; left-handed. Occasionally also: of or relating to the left hand (or foot) or left-handedness. Contrasted with dextral. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [adjective] > favouring one side right-handeda1398 left-handeda1425 left hand1440 left-legged1606 sinister1818 katy-handed1822 left-footed1832 right-sided1850 cack-handed1854 dextral1871 sinistral1871 left-sided1875 lefty1886 southpaw1886 handed1910 molly-dook1941 1871 Medico-chirurg. Trans. 54 289 As the parrot, though it perches on the right foot, uses the left to feed itself, it may as fairly said to manifest a sinistral as a dextral pre-eminence. 1892 Rec. Geol. Surv. New S. Wales 1990–92 (Dept. Mines, Sydney) II. 30 We are confronted with the fact that these weapons of offence and defence are held in the wrong hands unless the holder be regarded as sinistral. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 6 Aug. 11/3 Two per cent. of mankind are naturally sinistral. 2006 Independent 4 July 7/1 About one in eight people in Britain is thought to be sinistral. 10. Geology. Designating a strike-slip fault in which the displacement of the block on the further side of the fault from an observer is towards the left; of or relating to such a fault. Contrasted with dextral. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [adjective] > types of fault normal1876 obsequent1913 sinistral1942 transcurrent1942 thrust-faulted1980 1942 E. M. Anderson Dynamics of Faulting & Dyke Formation v. 55 E. E. L. Dixon has distinguished the types of displacement as right-hand and left-hand heaves... The two classes of fault-planes may well be termed ‘dextral’ and ‘sinistral’. 1978 Nature 5 Jan. 50/2 The Bathurst and McDonald faults..are major sinistral and dextral strike-slip fault systems that extend for hundreds of kilometres. 2007 L. A. Spalletti & J. R. Franzese in Z. Gasparini et al. Patagonian Mesozoic Reptiles ii. 46 Far south, the sinistral displacement along the Shackleton transform fault zone was active. B. n. 1. Zoology. A sinistral mollusc or mollusc shell. ΚΠ 1822 J. Fleming Philos. Zool. II. 448 It is impossible, therefore, to conceive a dextral animal changed into a sinistral. 1868 J. C. Cox Monogr. Austral. Land Shells 80 Near the sea the specimens seem to be almost universally sinistral, while more inland the reverse is the case, sinistrals being rare. 1924 Proc. Royal Soc. 1923–4 B. 95 213 Sporadic sinistrals or sporadic dextrals have been found in many normally dextral or sinistral species. 1998 Amer. Naturalist 152 233/2 In the high-spired Partula suturalis, dextrals can copulate with sinistrals by minor adjustments of anterior body orientation. 2. A left-handed person. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [noun] > favouring one side > person ciotóg1832 left-footer1864 right-footer1864 southpaw1871 right-hander1885 sinistral1889 port-sider1899 molly-hander1911 molly-dook1922 dextral1927 lefty1927 cuddy wifter1929 molly-dooker1934 northpaw1960 1889 Asiatic Q. Rev. 8 403 The Body-guards consisted of one company of Paiks..and four companies of Solaks (sinistrals) each company being 100 strong. 1911–12 Jrnl. Exper. Pedagogy 1 302 These results tend to indicate that sinistrals, as a class, are in no way deficient in their general power of verbal expression. 1964 M. Critchley Developmental Dyslexia xiv. 84 The patient declared herself to be right-handed, but she wore her wrist-watch on the right arm like many sinistrals do. 2018 @LisetteBaxter 11 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Can any of you crafty sinistrals point me to a crochet tutorial for left-handers? 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