Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A constructor of crosswords.
- noun An enthusiast of word games, especially of crosswords.
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- noun A person who constructs
crosswords .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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But come on, when you first saw the word "cruciverbalist," didn't you think it might have something to do with religious jargon?
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( "cruciverbalist," actually) who exercises her craft in the service of a small circulation daily.
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And then there's the "Get Today's Puzzles" button, a simple but indispensible tool that makes being a lunatic cruciverbalist that much easier.
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Mary Horowitz (Sandra Bullock) is a cruciverbalist.
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This afternoon, The ♥ G ♥ and I went to see the new film Wordplay, about the phenomenon of the crossword puzzle (and the phenomenon of the cruciverbalist) and the competitions related thereto.
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This afternoon, The ♥ G ♥ and I went to see the new film Wordplay, about the phenomenon of the crossword puzzle (and the phenomenon of the cruciverbalist) and the competitions related thereto.
Bangalore/Detroit; Album Art; WWII Movies; Crossword Doc.; Zorn on Getting a Life
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The less said about the plot (other than that it involves mysteries on a yacht), the better, but suffice to say, it was written by Tony Perkins and Steven Sondheim (remember, Sondheim is also a damned talented cruciverbalist), and directed by Herbert Ross.
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GWM cruciverbalist seeks same w/big vocab (in a way) for possible ecdysiasm.
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GWM cruciverbalist seeks same w/big vocab (in a way) for possible ecdysiasm.
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Dr. Fill is the creation of Matt Ginsberg, an artificial intelligence scientist and cruciverbalist, the word you should fill in if you're ever starting at the clue: "a creator of crossword puzzles."
dewiclark29 commented on the word cruciverbalist
~a designer or aficionado of crossword puzzles.
August 27, 2009
jmjarmstrong commented on the word cruciverbalist
JM is across being a cruciverbalist - he's not down on it at all.
December 27, 2009