ambodexter

ambodexter

English Noun
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Definition

Obsolete spelling of ambidexter.

Etymology

From Latin ambidexter. Compare ambo-.

Example Sentences

  • "men are evil, wicked, malicious, treacherous, and naught, not loving one another, or loving themselves, not hospitable, charitable, nor sociable as they ought to be, but counterfeit, dissemblers, ambodexters, all for their own ends, hard-hearted, merciless, pittiless ; and, to benefit themselves, they car? not what mischiefe they procure to others."
  • "He is charged to have bene longe a most gredye & insatiable taker of excessive fees, and (which is moost odious) a notorious & common ambodexter, takinge fee on both sydes, to the great scandals of his place & profession."
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