Both Uses of
sinister
in
Gulliver's Travels
- Whether they were always so free from avarice, partialities, or want, that a bribe, or some other sinister view, could have no place among them?
Chpt 2 *sinister = evil, harmful, or frightening
- The author clears himself from any sinister ends in writing.
Chpt 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(sinister) evil or harmful; or making an evil or frightening impression
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely and only in very old usage, sinister can refer to the left side of something.