...still maligned in the English language/everyday use?
This stems from Heraldic terms:- Dexter and Sinister/Right and Left.
So the words are archaic,and no longer relevant,yet right is everything
good - Dextrous,Adroit..while Left is Sinister,ominous or evil,Gauche,
naive and unrefined.I,for one,protest at this continued Leftism!;0)
any lefties in my family are locked away in cupboards then, at the age of 10, driven to Wigan and released. They feel right at home amongst that lot!
We won't have none of that kind in our family!