Dictionary

cruciverbalist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌkɹuːsɪˈvɜːbəlɪst/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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• /ˌkɹusəˈvɜɹbələst/ (General-American)

Etymology

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)).

Meanings

1. A person who constructs or solves crosswords.

Forms

Hypernyms

puzzler

Relateds

cruciverbal · cruciverbalism

Translations (9)

fr verbicruciste (person who constructs crosswords) · el δημιουργός σταυρολέξων (person who constructs crosswords) · fr œdipe (person who solves crosswords) · fr cruciverbiste (person who solves crosswords) · pt cruciverbalista (person who constructs crosswords) · sv kruciverbist (person who constructs crosswords) · fi sanaristikoiden ratkoja (person who solves crosswords) · it cruciverbista (person who constructs crosswords) · fi sanaristikoiden tekijä (person who constructs crosswords)