ambilevous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌæmbɪˈliːvəs/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered. rare
    — Again, Some are Ἀμφαριστεροὶ as Galen hath expreſſed : that is, Ambilevous or left-handed on both ſides; ſuch as with agility and vigour have not the uſe of either : who are not gymnaſtically compoſed : nor actively uſe thoſe parts. Now in theſe there is no right hand : of this conſtitution are many women, and ſome men, who though they accuſtome themſelves unto either hand, do dexterouſly make uſe of neither.

词形变化

more ambilevous comparative most ambilevous superlative ambilævous alternative ambilaevous alternative

词汇关系

反义词
ambidextrous

词源

First attested in English in 1646: from Latin ambilaevus (ambi- (“both”) + laevus (“left”)), a calque of Ancient Greek ἀμφαρίστερος (ampharísteros, “with two left hands, awkward, clumsy”) from ἀμφί (amphí, “on both sides”) + ἀριστερός (aristerós, “left”).
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