dexter

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (2)  · 
“
Usman: "great news dexter is my favorite tv show hands down"

View all »
Definitions (13)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (3)

  1. adjective Of or located on the right side.
  2. adjective Heraldry Situated on or being the side of a shield on the wearer's right and the observer's left.
  3. adjective Obsolete Auspicious; favorable.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (7)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (2)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (1)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • Technorati Tags: cows, dexter, cattle, miniature cows, miniature goats, m Castlegar, chickens, urban farming, urban agriculture —  UrbanWorkbench
  • Weird question ... dexter: tnx for the information. .i can use superscript and subscript using the shortcut keys. khatera: hi sir, i was using yahoo mesanger in my mail box from last months but now it got some times i cant use it, ... —  LyteByte
  • Bent. An arm embowed has the elbow to the dexter, unless blazoned to the contrary Embrued. —  The Handbook to English Heraldry
  • Within the Garter are impaled (dexter) the Arms of KING EDWARD VII. —  The Handbook to English Heraldry
  • Supporters (dexter) a lion guardant or, crowned with the Royal Crown ppr. —  The Handbook to English Heraldry
More examples »
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 122 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (2)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. Latin; see deks- in Indo-European roots.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. = French dextre = Spanish diestro = Portuguese Italian destro, from Latin dexter, right, on the right hand or side, handy, dexterous, also (according to Greek notions of omens) fortunate, = Greek δεξιτερός, right, comparative forms (with comparative suffix -ter = -τερος) from Latin dex- = Greek δεξιός, right, fortunate, dexterous, = Sanskrit daksha, able, dexterous, strong (cf. dakshina, able, dexterous, right, south), = Goth, taihswa, right, taihswo, the right hand, = Old High German zeso (zesw-), right, = Welsh deheu, right, south, = Gaelic and Irish deas, right, south (cf. deasil), = Old Bulgarian desĭnŭ, destŭ, right, desĭnitsa, the right hand, = Russian desnitsa, the right hand; referred to a root represented by Sanskrit √ daksh, suit, be able, dexterous, or strong.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/ˈdɛkstər/
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

We are still working on calculating this word's frequency.

Recently looked up

skit · scoot · sublease · dependent · snout

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

Der dicke Dachdecker deckte dir dein Dach, drum dank dem dicken Dachdecker, dass der dicke Dachdecker dir dein Dach deckte. · weitläufig · und wenn sie nicht gestorben sind, so leben sie noch heute · redescheu · selbstverständlich