Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #33

(a compendium of queer words for the modern fag with a passion for the Middle Ages added hebdomadally on the Sabbath day)

33.) Kitthoge
-adjective or noun singular

a.) left-handed or awkward.

b.) A left-handed or awkward person.*

[Origin: from the Gaelic word ciotóg, “a left-handed person” or “strange one.”]

*Words and phrases for left-handed people in many languages (such as the Greek skaios, the Italian sinistra, the Portuguese canhoto, and the Latin sinister) illustrate a longstanding association of left-handedness with difference, awkwardness, and even devilry. A connection between handedness and sexual orientation has been suggested but not verified by a number of researchers, who report that homosexual individuals are somewhat more likely to be non-right-handed than heterosexual individuals.