criss-cross
adjective/ˈkrɪs krɒs/
/ˈkrɪs krɔːs/
[usually before noun]- with many straight lines that cross each other
- a criss-cross pattern
Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting a figure of a cross preceding the alphabet in a hornbook, an old fashioned teaching aid): from Christ-cross (in the same sense in late Middle English), from Christ's cross. The form was later treated as a reduplication of cross.Want to learn more?
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