either-handed
English
Etymology
From either + handed.
Adjective
either-handed (not comparable)
- Able to use either (right or left) hand, often equally well; ambidextrous.
- 1879, Browne's Phonographic Monthly (volume 4, page 231)
- There certainly is, amongst mankind, a vast weight of opinion against my position that man is, by nature, as either-handed as an ape, and that custom should follow nature.
- 1879, Browne's Phonographic Monthly (volume 4, page 231)
Derived terms
- either-handedness
Related terms
- both-handed