dexter
adjetivosubstantivocorrente nos diálogos
- Reino Unido//ˈdɛks.tə//
- Estados Unidos//ˈdɛks.tɝ//
Right; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.)
adjetivo
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Right; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.)
my Mothers bloud / Runs on the dexter checke, and this ſiniſter / Bounds in my fathers:
Displaying his dexter palm, he exclaimed that there was a hand that never took a bribe; whereupon a smart auditor cried "How about the one behind your back?"
Clovis wiped the trace of Turkish coffee and the beginnings of a smile from his lips, and slowly lowered his dexter eyelid.
The shield was divided into five, with two coats of arms on the dexter side (the right-hand side from the point of view of the bearer of the shield)—London and Southampton—and three on the sinister side—Salisbury, Winchester and Portsmouth.
Etimologia
Learned borrowing from Latin dexter (“right”).
substantivo
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The right side (of a building, an equation, a heraldic shield [from the wearer's perspective], etc).
Subtracting the second from the first, the third from the second and the first from the third successively, we obtain, after transposition, the following identities: — [several equations] But, the sinisters being exact differentials, the dexters are so. Consequently [...]
On the dexter of the court is a long hall with an arched ceiling and a door, leading to a small oblong shrine with a vaulted ceiling.
Formas
- plural
- dexters
dexter · Right; on the right-hand side. (In heraldry, specifically the bearer's right, which is the viewer's left.)
Dexter · A surname originating as an occupation for a female dyer.dharma · The natural order of the universe; natural law, cosmic order.di · A meaningless syllable used when singing a tune or indicating…