indexterity

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INDEXTER'ITY, noun [in and dexterity.] 1. Want of dexterity or readiness in the use of the hands; clumsiness; awkwardness. 2. Want of skill or readiness in any art or occupation.
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