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Thursday, May 17, 2007

"ADROIT"




ADROIT
(Adjective)
Meaning:
  • Skillful, dexterous, clever,
  • Skillful and adept under pressing conditions.
  • Exhibiting or possessing skill and ease in performance
    (See image; who is he??..Leonardo da Vinci ....His all masterpieces are true example of Adroitness)

    Root: Adroit comes from droit, which is French word for right (the opposite of left). Dexterous, which means pretty much the same thing as Adroit comes from dexter, which is the Latin word for Right. Right handed people once thought to be more dexterous &adroit than left handed people. In fact Left handed people were once thought to be downright evil or sinister, which is Latin word for left.

    To say Right handed People are better than left handed people would be considered Gauche , which means graceless, crude, socially awkward or clumsy. Gauche is the French word for left.A synonym for Gauche is Maladroit.

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