cruciverbalist

发音

UK /ˌkɹuːsɪˈvɜːbəlɪst/
其它
US /ˌkɹusəˈvɜɹbələst/

词形变化

cruciverbalists 复数 cruciverbalists

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who constructs or solves crosswords.

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)).

来源：wiktionary