sinistrorsal
Rising spirally from right to leftRising spirally from right to left (of the observer)
Meaning
2 senses(not comparable)Rising spirally from right to left (of the observer)
sinistrorsal gyrations of a storm
sinistrorsal shells
spiraling upward from right to left
(not comparable)Sinistrorse.
Origin
From Latin sinistrorsus, sinistroversus (“turned toward the left side”), from sinister (“lFrom Latin sinistrorsus, sinistroversus (“turned toward the left side”), from sinister (“left”) + vertere, vortere, versum, vorsum (“to turn”).
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Synonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- spiraling upward from right to left:sinistrorse