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sinistral (adj.)
[sinistral 词源字典]
late 15c., "unlucky," from Old French
senestral
,
sinistral
or Medieval Latin
*sinistralis
, from
sinister
(see
sinister
). Meaning "on the left side" is from 1803. Related:
Sinistrally
.
[sinistral etymology, sinistral origin, 英语词源]