cruciverbalist

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌkɹuːsɪˈvɜːbəlɪst/    美 /ˌkɹusəˈvɜɹbələst/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person who constructs or solves crosswords.

词形变化

cruciverbalists plural

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin cruci- (a stem of crux (“cross”, noun); possibly from Proto-Indo-European *krewk- (“back, spine; heap; hill (?)”) or *(s)ker- (“to bend; to turn”)) + English verbalist (“one who possesses verbal or oratorical skill”), modelled after crossword (calqued in Latin as cruci- + verbum (“word”, noun)).
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