[Father Bronze]

Originally posted by Donut: Been there, seen it, Drizzt BTW Father Bronze, you might think this funny. One of the more intelligent managers of one of our top football teams, a man who has managed the England football team, was speaking about one of his platers at the weekend. He said: 'He has a very dextrous left foot'. Is it me or is this an oxymoron. I think he's saying he's got a very right handed left foot.

I would assume that dextrous is a variation of dexterity.

After consulting my dictionary (I believe research has won the day on this one), it describes dextrous as something that is "done with dexterity." However, the latin root for the word "dextr-" means "on the right." So I understand how you came to that conclusion.



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