cross-legged en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(not-comparable) Having one leg over and across the other.
Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
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(not-comparable) Having one ankle over and across the other, and the knees far apart.
She sits cross-legged on her charpai' as I look at old pictures.
2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 36:
Synonyms
crosslegs (of sitting on the ground) · tailorwise (of sitting on the ground) · tailor-fashion (of sitting on the ground) · criss-cross applesauce (of sitting on the ground) · pretzel style (of sitting on the ground) · Indian style (of sitting on the ground)
Translations (31)
ko 양반다리하는 (having one ankle over and across the other) · pl ze skrzyżowanymi nogami (having one ankle over and across the other) · ko 아빠다리하는 (having one ankle over and across the other) · kmr çarmêrkî (having one leg over and across the other) · ja 足を組んだ (having one leg over and across the other) · pt de pernas cruzadas (having one leg over and across the other) · mi waewae whiri (having one leg over and across the other) · it a gambe incrociate (having one leg over and across the other) · cmn 翹著腿的 /翘著腿的 (having one leg over and across the other) · ms duduk bertindih lutut (having one leg over and across the other) · mk крснозе (having one leg over and across the other) · ko 책상다리하는 (having one ankle over and across the other) · fi jalat ristissä (having one leg over and across the other) · fi risti-istunnassa (having one ankle over and across the other) · fa چارزانو (having one ankle over and across the other) · mi waewae raka (having one leg over and across the other) · ms duduk bersilang kaki (having one leg over and across the other) · ms duduk bersila (having one ankle over and across the other) · ro picior peste picior (having one leg over and across the other) · pl z założoną nogą na nogę (having one leg over and across the other) · ko 다리를 꼬는 (having one leg over and across the other) · tl tansila (having one leg over and across the other) · ja 胡坐をかいた (having one ankle over and across the other) · mi whiringa waewae (having one leg over and across the other) · fr assis(e) en tailleur (having one ankle over and across the other) · hu törökülésben (having one ankle over and across the other) · nl kleermakerszit (having one ankle over and across the other) · cmn 盤著腿的 /盘著腿的 (having one ankle over and across the other) · ms bersila panggung (having one leg over and across the other) · fi jalat ristissä (having one ankle over and across the other) · ckb چوارمشقی (having one leg over and across the other)