Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—A

Adroit

Adroit′

properly means “to the right” (French, à droite). The French call a person who is not adroit gauche (left-handed), meaning awkward, boorish.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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