Sense file
How the sense moved
The archive follows the dated record first, then reads the social or rhetorical pressure that hardened, softened, narrowed, or reversed the word.
Older meaning
Left-sided or left-handed.
Modern meaning
Threatening or evil.
Research lens
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Meaning trail
Root
left
Originally spatial, not moral.
Bias phase
unlucky or unfavorable
Cultural suspicion attached itself to the side.
Now
evil or threatening
Metaphor finished the dark turn.