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Synonyms for crisscross

Grammar : Adj
Spell : kris-kraws, -kros
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkrɪsˌkrɔs, -ˌkrɒs

Définition of crisscross

Origin :
  • 1818, from Middle English crist(s)-crosse "Christ's cross" (late 15c.), earlier cros-kryst (late 14c.), "referring to the mark of a cross formerly written before the alphabet in hornbooks. The mark itself stood for the phrase Christ-cross me speed ('May Christ's cross give me success'), a formula said before reciting the alphabet" [Barnhart]. Used today without awareness of origin. As an adjective, 1846; as a noun, 1848.
  • adj intersecting
Example sentences :
  • "There was a lower roof and a maze of crisscross alleys," I muttered.
  • Extract from : « The Floating Island of Madness » by Jason Kirby
  • They went on to the east, but came back to crisscross the ridge.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier in Italy » by Rutherford G. Montgomery
  • The large paper pad in front of him was covered with crisscross lines.
  • Extract from : « Cue for Quiet » by Thomas L. Sherred
  • It'll shoot up the canyons and crisscross the forest in no time.
  • Extract from : « The Young Forester » by Zane Grey
  • It was that new Goodyear that I was tracking, the one that's all crisscross.
  • Extract from : « Pee-wee Harris on the Trail » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh
  • His puckered forehead unravels its entanglement of crisscross wrinkles.
  • Extract from : « Fire Worship (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • "Any old story," he added with a grim smile under the crisscross bandages of the stiff face.
  • Extract from : « Aunt Jane » by Jennette Lee
  • In the order Eulamellibranchiata we find all the families to be possessed of the basketwork or crisscross branchial structure.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide » by Augusta Foote Arnold
  • For cussed, crisscross contrariness, give me a moss-back Democrat from a one-boss, one-man town like Suffolk.
  • Extract from : « Coniston, Complete » by Winston Churchill
  • The pilot took the proffered pen in unaccustomed fingers and made a crisscross scrawl, adorned with thirteen blots.
  • Extract from : « Told in the East » by Talbot Mundy

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