cruciverbalist

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌkɹuːsɪˈvɜːbəlɪst/
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• General-American: /ˌkɹusəˈvɜɹbələst/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)bəlɪst
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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)).

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: sanaristikoiden tekijä — person who constructs crosswords
• French: verbicruciste — person who constructs crosswords
• Greek: δημιουργός σταυρολέξων (dimiourgós stavroléxon) — person who constructs crosswords
• Italian: cruciverbista — person who constructs crosswords
• Portuguese: cruciverbalista — person who constructs crosswords
• Swedish: kruciverbist — person who constructs crosswords
• Finnish: sanaristikoiden ratkoja — person who solves crosswords
• French: cruciverbiste — person who solves crosswords
• French: œdipe — person who solves crosswords