Ambidexter

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ambɪˈdÉ›kstÉ™/

Origin

From Medieval Latin ambidexter, from ambi- + dexter.

Full definition of ambidexter

Noun

1. Someone who is ambidextrous.
2. (1811) A lawyer who takes fees from both plaintiff and defendant.
3. (by extension) Someone who is two-faced; a double-dealer.
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review of Books 2001, p. 65:One takes upon him temperence, holiness ..., whenas indeed he, and he, and he, and the rest are hypocrites, ambidexters, outsides, so many turning pictures, a lion on one side, a lamb on the other.

Adjective

1. ambidextrous