— swastikaed , adj.
/swos"ti keuh/ or, esp. Brit., /swas"-/ , n.
1. a figure used as a symbol or an ornament in the Old World and in America since prehistoric times, consisting of a cross with arms of equal length, each arm having a continuation at right angles.
2. this figure as the official emblem of the Nazi party and the Third Reich.
[ 1850-55; svastika, equiv. to su- good, well (c. Gk eu- EU-) + as- be (see IS) + -ti- abstract n. suffix + -ka secondary n. suffix ]