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dextrous (adj.)

1620s, alternative spelling of dexterous; this version is more conformable to Latin but less common in English.

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dexterous (adj.)

c. 1600, "convenient, suitable" (a sense now obsolete), formed in English from Latin dexter "skillful" (from PIE root *deks- "right, opposite of left; south") + -ous. Sense of "deft or nimble with the hands, quick and precise in action" is from 1630s. Meaning "mentally skillful, clever" is from 1620s. Related: Dexterously; dexterousness.

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Definitions of dextrous

dextrous (adj.)
skillful in physical movements; especially of the hands;
Synonyms: deft / dexterous
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Dictionary entries near dextrous

dexterity

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dharma

*dhe-

*dhe(i)-

*dheigh-

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