s 1 i 1 n 1 i 1 s 1 t 1 e 1 r 1
8 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
adjective threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
adjective stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable; ; ; ; ; ; ; -Thomas Hardy
adjective on or starting from the wearer's left
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *senh₂- Proto-Indo-European *senh₂-is-? Proto-Italic *senisteros Latin sinister Late Latin sinextrum Old French senestrebor. Middle English sinistre English sinister From Middle English sinistre (“unlucky”), from Old French senestre, sinistre (“left”), from Latin sinister (“left hand”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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- strines 7
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- insert 6
- insets 6
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- inters 6
- irises 6