“You maculated my morning when you preponed that meeting” — and an absolutely bonkers noun form meaning “a blemish” — as in “I’d be considerably more gruntled if I weren’t covered in maculates.”
The OED says that "ambivelous" means "not able to use the right and left hands equally well," which is not the same as saying, as Marian Annett [in her book Handedness and Brain Symmetry (2001)] does, that "‘ambilevous’ mean[s] equally unskilled with both hands," and Annett's work is cited by the same dictionary for her presumably illustrative use of the word. Unfortunately Ms. Annett died in 2018, so she's no longer available for comment, but I remain confused about how to properly use this word, if I ever wanted to. If "ambidextrous" means "able to use either hand, one as well as the other" (as I've always believed it does), wouldn't it be a mistake to conclude that both hands are therefore "skillfully" used? If so, I would assume that "ambivelous" meant "not able to use either hand eptly (the nonce opposite of "ineptly") to accomplish any purpose whatever." Or what does "ambivelous" mean exactly?
“You maculated my morning when you preponed that meeting” — and an absolutely bonkers noun form meaning “a blemish” — as in “I’d be considerably more gruntled if I weren’t covered in maculates.”
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The OED says that "ambivelous" means "not able to use the right and left hands equally well," which is not the same as saying, as Marian Annett [in her book Handedness and Brain Symmetry (2001)] does, that "‘ambilevous’ mean[s] equally unskilled with both hands," and Annett's work is cited by the same dictionary for her presumably illustrative use of the word. Unfortunately Ms. Annett died in 2018, so she's no longer available for comment, but I remain confused about how to properly use this word, if I ever wanted to. If "ambidextrous" means "able to use either hand, one as well as the other" (as I've always believed it does), wouldn't it be a mistake to conclude that both hands are therefore "skillfully" used? If so, I would assume that "ambivelous" meant "not able to use either hand eptly (the nonce opposite of "ineptly") to accomplish any purpose whatever." Or what does "ambivelous" mean exactly?