sinistrous
adj/ˈsɪnɪstɹəs/
Etymology From sinister + -ous.
1
Archaic On the left side; inclined to the left; sinistral.
- sinistrous gravity1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
2
Archaic wrong, sinister, absurd, or perverse
- But even put them into the hands of a knave or a fool , and yet , with the most sinistrous and absurd choice , he shall not extinguish the light of any one chapter.1725, Richard Bentley, Remarks upon a late Discourse of free-thinking:
- Derived terms
- sinistrously