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Webster 1913 Edition


Sinistrous

Sin′is-trous

,
Adj.
[See
Sinister
.]
1.
Being on the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral.
“Sinistrous gravity.”
Sir T. Browne.
2.
Wrong; absurd; perverse.
A knave or fool can do no harm, even by the most
sinistrous
and absurd choice.
Bentley.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sinistrous

SIN'ISTROUS

,
Adj.
1.
Being on the left side; inclined to the left.
2.
Wrong; absurd; perverse. A knave or fool can do no harm, even by the most sinistrous and absurd choice.