Middle English Dictionary Entry
ambidexter adj. as n.
Entry Info
| Forms | ambidexter adj. as n. |
| Etymology | L |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
One who improperly occupies two offices or sides with both parties in a conflict; double-dealer.
Associated quotations
- (1395) Wycl.12 Concl.(Th 17)299 : A kyng and a bisschop al in o persone..Us thinkith þat hermofodrita or ambidexter were a god name to sich manere of men of duble astate.
- 1451 Paston2.216 : Ambidexter: Dux Norff., Dux Suff. [etc.].
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)707 : False renegates, Sotyll ambidextres, & sekers of debates.