How do you pronounce cruciate?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkɹuː.ʃi.ət/.

cruciate

/ˈkɹuː.ʃi.ət/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

Syllables: cru-ci-ate
IPA: /ˈkɹuː.ʃi.ət/

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Meaning

adj

In the form of a cross.

adj

Overlapping or crossing.

adj

Tormented.

Obsolete

verb

To torture; to torment.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: X-shaped (not always differentiable)"
"Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone."
"Immediately I was so cruciate, that I desired— death to take me."
"In this life are they cruciate with a troublous and doubtfull conscience."
"They vexed, tormented, and cruciated the weake consciences of men."
"a. 1680, Joseph Glanvill, on the Preexistence of Souls The thus miserably cruciated spirit must needs quit its unfit habitation."

Etymology

From Latin cruciatus.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more cruciate (comparative) most cruciate (superlative) cruciates (present, singular) cruciating (participle, present) cruciated (participle, past) cruciated (past)

Derived Forms

cruciately pericruciate postcruciate

Phrases

anterior cruciate ligament cruciate anastomosis cruciate crural ligament cruciate eminence cruciate ligament cruciate muscle cruciate sulcus

Frequently Paired Words

excruciate

Synonyms

cruciform cross-shaped X-shaped

Antonyms

noncruciform