Monday, January 28, 2008
Sinistral
Sinistral means on the left, with particular reference to the spirals on certain shells which have whorls going towards the left as opposed to the more normal right hand direction. Can't say I've noticed that myself but I'll have a look next time I'm down at the beach. A couple of our clever word imps found ways of including the real meaning with their invented meanings. That's always fun. Thanks for all of today's contributions - it was good to see a wide variety of meanings. Because the poll wouldn't work, I had to rely on guesswork. I've made Stephen and Empath joint winners - mainly because I can. Thanks, both of you.
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A sinistral is a medieval musical instrument, in the lute family (e.g. sinistral is to lute as viola is to violin).
A sinistral is the name of a wind that blows periodically from the north-east across the Baltic Sea, i.e. from the left hand side. It is a particularly vicious wind and brings madness and fear to those in it's path.
Lorenzo T. Llama
Sinistral (adj.) describes a person whose way thinking is the opposite of that of the majority. These pepole were named sinistral by the majority to cause fear in others and prevent them from also thinking out of the box.
To be sinistral to be filled with evil intent.
We speak in a sinistral manner when we've got a bad cold...cod den we say we'd god a cowd id ower doses! 'Dat's wod I dink eddyway.' (Derivation - sinuses)
tgw44.blogspot.com
Sinistral is the proper name for a vampire bat.
A Sinstral (pronounced sins-trawl) is a recording of one's naughtier moments. Having recently done a sinstral I have to admit to licking ice cream bowls, making strange noises to worry the cats, and being pessimistic about my chances of winning this word imp!
To be sinistral is to be looking for trouble. Or in other words, trawling for sins.
Stephen from Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
http://stephen-has-spoken.blogspot.com/
Sinistral: A moment in the comision of a sin when one say's to oneself "No way. This is a good thing."
Olde English term for a royal court musician who sings bawdy songs - in great demand! (found you on Meta's site) Howdy.
Voting practically by paper ballot into a locked box this time then!
Stephen's.
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