sinistrous
Americanadjective
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ill-omened; unlucky; disastrous.
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sinistral; left.
adjective
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sinister or ill-omened
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sinistral
Other Word Forms
- sinistrously adverb
Etymology
Origin of sinistrous
1550–60; < Latin sinistr-, stem of sinister ( see sinister) + -ous
Example Sentences
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At last he got quite dexterous—and sinistrous, too, for that matter.
From Dr. Jolliffe's Boys by Feller, Frank
He lived in obscurity, and only went out at night; he only communicated with his fellows with the most sinistrous precautions.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.
A sinistrous rage caught him as he repeated the word to himself.
From The Long Lane's Turning by Rives, Hallie Erminie
To say that most of it exists on paper is not sinistrous to an ambitious civil organization which has been in existence but two years.
From The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 by Various
The arrival of a beggar on an Island is accounted a sinistrous event.
From Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland by Johnson, Samuel
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