Dexter vs Dexterwise - What's the difference?
dexter | dexterwise |
Right; on the right-hand side.
* {{quote-book
, year = 1887
, title = Crimes of Christianity
, author = (George William Foote)
, coauthors = J. M. Wheeler
, location = London
, publisher = Progressive Publishing
, passage = Displaying his dexter palm, he exclaimed that there was a hand that never took a bribe; whereupon a smart auditor cried "How about the one behind your back?"
}}
* 1911 , (Saki), ‘The Match-Maker’, The Chronicles of Clovis :
(heraldry) The right side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the left side to the viewer.
right hand
(heraldry, archaic) dexter; on the right-hand side from the wearer's viewpoint.
As adjectives the difference between dexter and dexterwise
is that dexter is right; on the right-hand side while dexterwise is dexter; on the right-hand side from the wearer's viewpoint.As a noun dexter
is the right side of a shield from the wearer's standpoint, and the left side to the viewer.As a proper noun Dexter
is {{surname|A=An occupational|from=occupations}} for a female dyer.dexter
English
Adjective
(-)- Clovis wiped the trace of Turkish coffee and the beginnings of a smile from his lips, and slowly lowered his dexter eyelid.