crisscross

adjintersecting

Word Origin & History

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.

Example Sentences for crisscross

"There was a lower roof and a maze of crisscross alleys," I muttered.

They went on to the east, but came back to crisscross the ridge.

The large paper pad in front of him was covered with crisscross lines.

It'll shoot up the canyons and crisscross the forest in no time.

It was that new Goodyear that I was tracking, the one that's all crisscross.

His puckered forehead ...

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