If not having a certain dominant hand (or "both-handed") is called being ambidextrous, what is it called if you are "both-footed"?
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Most people aren't even aware that they have a dominant foot, so there's not likely to be much in the way of (non-medical) terminology for it.– Hot LicksCommented May 28, 2015 at 0:27
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1Duh? Ambipedantic!– bibCommented May 28, 2015 at 0:31
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@bib I was thinking something similar... ambipedrous?– RajivCommented May 28, 2015 at 0:33
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1If you can't dance (or are very clumsy) we say, "You have two left feet." How about: "He has two right feet"?– OldbagCommented May 28, 2015 at 12:04
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'Ambidextrous' is the word.
'ambi-' = both, '-dextrous' = right, so together it is as though both are equally dominant. Usually, your feet (and eyes) follow the same dominance as your hands. So if your hands are both dominant, your feet will both be dominant, too.
But if for some reason your feet have different dominance pattern than your hands, maybe you're left handed but right-footed, then you'd say well right-footed. And if both feet are dominant, then the way to say it is
your feet are ambidextrous.
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It is far from uncommon for people to be right-handed and left-footed. Commented Jan 18, 2016 at 10:23
Two-footed is used in sports, especially in soccer/football.
Of a footballer: able to kick equally well with either foot. [OED]
Ambipedal is a synonym but it is not a common word like ambidextrous.
