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sinistrousadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin sinistr- , sinister , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin sinistr-, stem of sinister sinister adj. + -ous suffix. Compare sinister adj., sinistral adj.With the form senistreous at β. forms compare -eous suffix. In British English, stress on the second syllable is sometimes found in verse, and is also recorded in the 19th century for sense 6. I. Senses relating to dishonesty, misfortune, mistrust, etc. the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > spitefulness > [adjective] the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > spite, malice > [adjective] 1460 [implied in: 1460 in P. E. Jones (1961) VI. 11 (MED) Henry Waver..full lamentably shewing..þat where as he nowe late by diverse persones..entending overgretely to charge þe said Henry full sinistrousely ageyns all trouth and conscience..hath he defamed..þat he contrary to þe kinges moste dredefull comaundement..shuld have sold..diverse harneys and armure. (at 1460 at sinistrously adv. 1)]. 1591 Crail Burgh Court 19 July in (at cited word) The counsall..declarit the saidis lettres to hawe bein vrongowslie purchest vpone sinistrous informatioun off the said Androw. 1693 R. Fleming 14 How sad a Token is it, when such are not only rejected, but have a sinistrous and false Application made of the same. 1751 S. Johnson No. 176. ⁋8 The sinistrous interpretations or absurd remarks of haste and ignorance. the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > inauspicious ?c1550 tr. P. Vergil (1846) I. 177 Aswaldus..likewise with sinistrus fortune [L. malo omine] obteined the regall sceptre. 1598 B. Yong tr. J. de Montemayor 148 Those fauourable or sinistrous successes of Fortune [Sp. los malos o fauorables successos de la fortuna]. 1607 W. Alexander iv. ii Which to my soule sinistrous signes impart. 1633 J. Hart iii. v. 244 Some have observed some sinistrous accident to have insued the use of this remedy. 1775 S. Johnson 300 The arrival of a beggar on an Island is accounted a sinistrous event. 1832 R. Southey in 48 277 An English traveller noticed it, in his journal, as a sinistrous omen. 1873 R. Browning i. 68 Not one grace Outspread before you but is registered In that sinistrous coil. 1997 (Nexis) 12 Apr. (Mag.) 7 I don't consider myself a superstitious person. Still, I was surprised to find myself thinking more about the sinistrous number [sc. thirteen]. society > faith > aspects of faith > heresy > [adjective] the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > error in belief or opinion > [adjective] 1562 P. Whitehorne tr. N. Machiavelli Proheme f. iv There hath growen these sinisterous opinions [It. sinistre oppenioni], which maketh men to hate the warlike seruice. 1581 J. Hamilton in Epist. f. 4v Euerie curious heid..mycht..apply thame to ane peruerse and sinistrous sense. 1632 W. Lithgow v. 194 They approue the apprehension of such a sinistrous opinion with these arguments. the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adjective] > unfavourable the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [adjective] > characterized by suspicion 1566 J. Martiall iii. f. 82v Either of these causes, is sufficient to excuse me from all sinistrous opinions of slight dealing. 1640 J. Corbet (new ed.) 73 Our women here carie a sinistrous opinion of your women, whom they call virago's and monsters of women, a disgrace to their sex. 1703 tr. P. Segneri ii. 19 Why should he harbour any sinistrous opinion of his Penitent, whom he sees to have gain'd a signal Victory over himself? 1820 26 Nov. 8416/3 The sinistrous impressions which malevolence or the individual passions of some enemy to the repose of Europe may have inspired in him. the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > dishonesty > dishonest person > [adjective] society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > dishonest 1600 W. Clarke in T. G. Law (1896) I. 168 These moste indirecte and sinisterous procedinges. 1689 34 Embark'd in sinistrous and unjustifiable ways. 1717 R. Wodrow (1843) II. 327 The coming in by this door..is..such a proof of corruption and insincerity, as well of sinistrous designs in entering upon the holy office of the ministry. II. Senses relating to the left hand or left-hand side. the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [adjective] > situated at the side > left 1646 Sir T. Browne iv. ii. 182 The heart doth seem to incline unto the left,..besides its sinistrous gravity is drawne that way by the great arterie. View more context for this quotation 1678 R. Cudworth i. iv. 221 The Contrarieties and Conjugations of things, such as..Dextrous and Sinistrous, Eaven and Odd, and the like. 1824 J. Boaden 77 This print..certainly exhibits our poet with this sinistrous decoration [i.e. a laurel branch in the left hand]. 1915 8 23 The males are either dextrous or sinistrous with respect to the position of the large cheliped. 1931 56 94 A forwardly directed diverticulum which is continuous with the more sinistrous of the two parts into which the cavity of the intestine is divided. the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > clumsy or awkward a1682 Sir T. Browne (1716) iii. 109 Many, who are sinistrous unto Good Actions, are Ambi-dexterous unto bad. 1875 Dec. 415 I must learn to use my left hand for that work. I learned thereby some lessons, beyond the art of sinistrous writing. 1897 2 Jan. 70/2 Although he certainly does look uncouth, a sinistrous coachman may be trusted not to let his horses down. 1993 ‘A. Burgess’ (1994) 236 I take it you are dextrous not sinistrous. Your writing will be somewhat hampered. 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) 1803 G. Shaw IV. 318 Sinistrous Flounder, Pleuronectes Passer... Brown Flounder, with eyes toward the left. 1815 1 386 Bloch makes the turbot a sinistrous fish. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  adj.1460 |
