"Sinister" is a word in ENGLISH
Unlucky; inauspicious; disastrous; injurious; evil; --
the left being usually regarded as the unlucky side; as, sinister
influences.
Wrong, as springing from indirection or obliquity;
perverse; dishonest; corrupt; as, sinister aims.
Indicative of lurking evil or harm; boding covert danger;
as, a sinister countenance.
On the left hand, or the side of the left hand; left; --
opposed to dexter, or right.
My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.
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A squad car driver was covering a quiet beat out in the sticks when he was amazed to find a former lieutenant on the police force covering the beat.He stopped the car and asked, "Why, Irish Mike, this wouldn't be your new beat out here in the sticks, would it?""That it is, "Irish Mike replied grimly, "ever since I arrested the judge on his way to the masquerade ball.""You mean you pinched his honor?" asked Pat."How was I to know that his convict suit was only a costume?" demanded Mike."Well," mused Pat, "there's a lesson in this somewhere.""That there is," replied Irish Mike...." 'Tis wise never to book a judge by his cover."
Pertaining to, or situated on, the right hand; right, as opposed to sinister, or left.
Read the complete definitionClumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left-handed compliment.
Read the complete definitionPurple, -- represented in engraving by diagonal lines declining from the right top to the left base of the escutcheon …
Read the complete definitionLeft-handed; hence, unlucky.
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