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Added 9 October 2026

crisscross

/ˈkɹɪsˌkɹɒs/ verb

In Latin: intercursō Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about crisscross at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To move back and forth over or through.
To mark with crossed lines.

noun

A pattern of crossed lines.
A mark or cross, such as the signature of a person who is unable to write.
A kind of crossword puzzle having no clues or definitions, but only a list of words that must be fitted into the grid.

adjective

Marked with crossed lines; crisscrossed.

adverb

Crossing one another.

Origin

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

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