cross-legged

1. 1.

   with the legs crossed

   “he sat on the floor cross-legged and meditated”

Questions about cross-legged

What does cross-legged mean?

cross-legged means "with the legs crossed".

How many syllables are in cross-legged?

cross-legged has 2 syllables: cros-s-legged. The stress falls on "cros".

Is cross-legged a common word?

cross-legged is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.