CROSSPATCH

Meaning of CROSSPATCH in English

■ noun Brit. informal a bad-tempered person.

Origin

C18: from cross + obs. patch 'fool, clown', perh. from Ital. pazzo 'madman'.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

CROSSPATCH — noun Etymology: 3cross + 3patch Date: circa 1700 grouch 2
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
CROSSPATCH — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: cross (III) (ill-humored) + patch (fool) : an ill-natured person an old crosspatch
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CROSSPATCH — (n.) An ill-natured person.
Английский словарь Webster
CROSSPATCH — ( n. ) An ill-natured person.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CROSSPATCH — /kraws"pach', kros"-/ , n. Informal. a bad-tempered or irritable person. [ 1690-1700; CROSS- + PATCH 1 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CROSSPATCH — n. grouch, bad-tempered person
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
CROSSPATCH — noun Etymology: cross (III) + patch (III) Date: circa 1700 : grouch 2
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CROSSPATCH — noun an ill-natured person.
Webster English vocab
CROSSPATCH — [cross.patch] n [[3]cross + [3]patch] (ca. 1700): grouch 2.
Merriam-Webster English vocab
CROSSPATCH — crosspatch BrE AmE ˈkrɒs pætʃ ˈkrɔːs- AmE \ ˈkrɔːs- ˈkrɑːs- ▷ crosspatch|es ɪz əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CROSSPATCH — n. colloq. a bad-tempered person. [CROSS adj. 1 + obs. patch fool, clown]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CROSSPATCH — n. colloq. a bad-tempered person. [ CROSS adj. 1 + obs. patch fool, clown ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CROSSPATCH — n. colloq. a bad-tempered person. Etymology: CROSS adj. 1. + obs. patch fool, clown
Oxford English vocab
CROSSPATCH — [noun] [C] [informal] [dated] humorous - a bad-tempered person
Cambridge English vocab
CROSSPATCH — Synonyms and related words : Tartar, anomaly, bear, complainer, crab, crank, dragon, feist, fire-eater, freak, fury, grizzly bear, grouch, grouser, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CROSSPATCH — n. Function: noun Synonyms: GROUCH , complainer, crab, crank, griper, grouser, growler, grumbler, sorehead, sourpuss
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
CROSSPATCH — noun Synonyms: grouch , complainer, crab, crank, griper, grouser, growler, grumbler, sorehead, sourpuss
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
CROSSPATCH — Ворчун
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CROSSPATCH — n. Pronunciation: ' kro ̇ s- ˌ pach Function: noun Etymology: 3 cross + 3 patch Date: circa 1700 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CROSSPATCH — ворчун
English-Russian Online Dictionary
PATCH — I. ˈpach noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English pacche, perhaps from Middle French pece, piece, pieche piece — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRANK — I. ˈkraŋk, -raiŋk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English cranke, from Old English cranc- (as in crancstæf, a weaving …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CRAB
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CURMUDGEON — — curmudgeonly , adj. /keuhr muj"euhn/ , n. a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person. [ 1570-80; unexplained; perh. cur- repr. CUR …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CRABSTICK — /krab"stik'/ , n. 1. a stick, cane, or club made of wood, esp. of the crab tree. 2. an ill-tempered, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CRAB — [crab] n, often attrib [ME crabbe, fr. OE crabba; akin to OHG krebiz crab, OE ceorfan to carve--more at carve] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
UGLY CUSTOMER
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SPORT
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOURPUSS — Synonyms and related words : bellyacher, brooder, complainer, crab, crank, crosspatch, depressive, gloomy Gus, griper, grouch, grouser, kicker, killjoy, malcontent, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOREHEAD — Synonyms and related words : Tartar, bear, bellyacher, complainant, complainer, crab, crank, croaker, crosspatch, dragon, faultfinder, feist, fire-eater, frondeur, fury, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ODDBALL
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NONCONFORMIST
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NAYSAYER — Synonyms and related words : anomaly, bitter-ender, brawler, crosspatch, defeatist, defendant, denier, diehard, disputant, dissenter, dissentient, dissident, freak, individualist, inner-directed …
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Concise Oxford English vocab

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