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crisscross

crissc·ross

UK/ˈkɹɪsˌkɹɒs/ US/ˈkrɪˌskrɔs/ rare obsolete
verb (3) noun (1) adverb (1) adjective (1)

verb

1.
2.

mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines

  • “wrinkles crisscrossed her face”
3.

mark with a pattern of crossing lines

  • “crisscross the sheet of paper”

noun

1.

marking consisting of crossing lines

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adverb

1.

crossing one another in opposite directions

adjective

1.

marked with crossing lines

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Origin

From Middle English crist-crosse, crists-crosse (“Christ's cross”). By surface analysis, an apophonic reduplication of cross.

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