View Single Post
curiousuburb
Antimatter Man
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: that interweb thing
 
2011-03-21, 20:16

SINISTER |ˈsinistər|
(adjective)
1 giving the impression that something harmful or evil is happening or will happen : there was something sinister about that murmuring voice.
• wicked or criminal.

2 [ attrib. ] archaic & Heraldry of, on, or toward the left-hand side (in a coat of arms, from the bearer's point of view, i.e., the right as it is depicted). The opposite of DEXTER.

DERIVATIVES
sinisterly |ˈsɪn1stərli| adverb
sinisterness |ˈsɪn1stərnəs| noun

ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense [malicious, underhanded] ): from Old French sinistre or Latin sinister ‘left.’
* via New Oxford American Dictionary - via Mac built-in dictionary app

All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand.
  quote