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Those sneaky East Coast lefties !!! sinister (adj.) early 15c., "prompted by malice or ill-will, intending to mislead," from Old French senestre, sinistre "con
by tosseraccount 11y ago
Those sneaky East Coast lefties !!!
sinister (adj.) early 15c., "prompted by malice or ill-will, intending to mislead," from Old French senestre, sinistre "contrary, false; unfavorable; to the left" (14c.), from Latin sinister "left, on the left side" (opposite of dexter)
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- beachstartup 11y agoit should be noted that the french word for 'left', 'gauche', also has a negative connotation when used in other contexts. and 'maladroit' comes from 'droit', which means 'right' in french.