King's Xn.int.

Brit.

/ˌkɪŋz ˈɛks/, U.S.

/ˌkɪŋz ˈɛks/

Forms: 1800s– King's Ex, 1800s– King's X, 1900s– King Sax, 1900s– King Sets, 1900s– King's Ax, 1900s– King's Axe, 1900s– King's Hex, 1900s– King's Sacks, 1900s– King's Sax, 1900s– King's Sick. Also with lower-case initial(s).

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: king n., X n.

Etymology: < the genitive of king n. + X n. (compare sense 1b at that entry), apparently with reference to the gesture of crossed fingers which usually accompanies the calling out of the term. Compare the truce terms Kings and Exes (the former attested widely from eastern England and the latter from East Anglia), and also Crosses (attested from the east midlands). The forms display a variety of folk-etymological alterations of the second element, e.g. after axe n.¹, sacks (plural of sack n.¹), etc.The frequently-suggested derivation of the second element as a shortening of excuse n. (compare e.g. quot. 1889 at sense A.) represents a folk etymology; the parallel U.S. formations King's Excuse , King's 'Scuse , King's Truce probably show folk-etymological alterations of King's Scruse , King's Cruse (compare also English regional (Lincolnshire) King's Cruise ), in which the second element is Scruce (also Scruces ) or Cruce (also Cruces) , English regional truce terms attested respectively from East Anglia and from the south-west midlands, and whose origin probably lies in Cruces , plural of crux n. (from the Latin word for ‘cross’); compare also King's Cross in e.g. quot. 1896 at sense A. For further discussion of truce terms see I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren (1959) 141–53.

U.S. (chiefly west of the Mississippi).

A. n.

A truce term called out (esp. in children's games, such as tag) to claim a respite or exemption, typically accompanied by crossed fingers.

ΚΠ

1889 Mod. Lang. Notes 4 122 I have sought in vain for the origin of this old phrase, variously pronounced in various localities: King's cruse, King's truce, King's 'scuse (excuse), King's ex (short for excuse).

1892 Pacific Coast Teacher Sept. 14/1 Her friends have been playing a game of tag exactly similar to the my tag of yore, ‘it’, ‘King's X’ and all.

1896 D. C. Beard Amer. Boy's Bk. Sport xxiv. 282 All that remains of this quaint old custom..is preserved by the boys in their games, and they call it ‘King's Cross,’ ‘King's X,’ or ‘King's Excuse,’ and cross their first and second fingers to proclaim a truce..only in times of an accident or emergency.

1916 Boys' Life Mar. 17/1 King's X, which means a truce... ‘It’ cannot tag any one when one's fingers are crossed.

1951 J. Jones From Here to Eternity xix. 279 Warden would not touch him. It was like King's X in tag as a kid, except here it was not abused, it was honored.

2004 V. Allen War is Real iii. 29 In the great controversy there are no ‘off hours’, no ‘time out’...there is no ‘King's X’ in this war.

B. int.

Esp. in children's games: used to call for a truce or claim temporary immunity from capture, etc., typically accompanied by crossed fingers; ‘Truce!’; ‘Time out!’With quots. 1804, a1842 cf. note in etymology.

ΚΠ

1804 Aletheian Critic 1 11 They are like children playing in the streets, who, when they are likely to be caught, cry out, ‘King's excuse!—King's excuse!’

a1842 E. Watson in W. C. Watson Men & Times Revol. (1856) vi. 60 A fight between two very unwieldy, fat men... He bawled out ‘king's cruse’, equivalent, in technical language, to ‘enough’.]

1892 Pacific Coast Teacher Sept. 14/1 It is such an easy thing to say ‘King's X’.

1906 Life 10 May 585 When life throws a bomb into our back yard we will not holler ‘King's X’.

1941 I. B. Hall in J. F. Dobie et al. Texian Stomping Grounds 148 The game continued in this manner until some one called..‘King's Ex’ or ‘King's Axe’, a signal for discontinuance.

1992 N. Ryan & J. Jenkins Miracle Man vii. 89 Bankruptcy laws..[allow] people to run up a lot of debt and then throw up their hands and say, ‘Time out. King's X. I'm sorry, but I can't pay you and the law's going to protect me.’

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kings x
释义	King's Xn.int. Brit. /ˌkɪŋz ˈɛks/, U.S. /ˌkɪŋz ˈɛks/ Forms: 1800s– King's Ex, 1800s– King's X, 1900s– King Sax, 1900s– King Sets, 1900s– King's Ax, 1900s– King's Axe, 1900s– King's Hex, 1900s– King's Sacks, 1900s– King's Sax, 1900s– King's Sick. Also with lower-case initial(s). Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: king n., X n. Etymology: < the genitive of king n. + X n. (compare sense 1b at that entry), apparently with reference to the gesture of crossed fingers which usually accompanies the calling out of the term. Compare the truce terms Kings and Exes (the former attested widely from eastern England and the latter from East Anglia), and also Crosses (attested from the east midlands). The forms display a variety of folk-etymological alterations of the second element, e.g. after axe n.¹, sacks (plural of sack n.¹), etc.The frequently-suggested derivation of the second element as a shortening of excuse n. (compare e.g. quot. 1889 at sense A.) represents a folk etymology; the parallel U.S. formations King's Excuse , King's 'Scuse , King's Truce probably show folk-etymological alterations of King's Scruse , King's Cruse (compare also English regional (Lincolnshire) King's Cruise ), in which the second element is Scruce (also Scruces ) or Cruce (also Cruces) , English regional truce terms attested respectively from East Anglia and from the south-west midlands, and whose origin probably lies in Cruces , plural of crux n. (from the Latin word for ‘cross’); compare also King's Cross in e.g. quot. 1896 at sense A. For further discussion of truce terms see I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren (1959) 141–53. U.S. (chiefly west of the Mississippi). A. n. A truce term called out (esp. in children's games, such as tag) to claim a respite or exemption, typically accompanied by crossed fingers. ΚΠ 1889 Mod. Lang. Notes 4 122 I have sought in vain for the origin of this old phrase, variously pronounced in various localities: King's cruse, King's truce, King's 'scuse (excuse), King's ex (short for excuse). 1892 Pacific Coast Teacher Sept. 14/1 Her friends have been playing a game of tag exactly similar to the my tag of yore, ‘it’, ‘King's X’ and all. 1896 D. C. Beard Amer. Boy's Bk. Sport xxiv. 282 All that remains of this quaint old custom..is preserved by the boys in their games, and they call it ‘King's Cross,’ ‘King's X,’ or ‘King's Excuse,’ and cross their first and second fingers to proclaim a truce..only in times of an accident or emergency. 1916 Boys' Life Mar. 17/1 King's X, which means a truce... ‘It’ cannot tag any one when one's fingers are crossed. 1951 J. Jones From Here to Eternity xix. 279 Warden would not touch him. It was like King's X in tag as a kid, except here it was not abused, it was honored. 2004 V. Allen War is Real iii. 29 In the great controversy there are no ‘off hours’, no ‘time out’...there is no ‘King's X’ in this war. B. int. Esp. in children's games: used to call for a truce or claim temporary immunity from capture, etc., typically accompanied by crossed fingers; ‘Truce!’; ‘Time out!’With quots. 1804, a1842 cf. note in etymology. ΚΠ 1804 Aletheian Critic 1 11 They are like children playing in the streets, who, when they are likely to be caught, cry out, ‘King's excuse!—King's excuse!’ a1842 E. Watson in W. C. Watson Men & Times Revol. (1856) vi. 60 A fight between two very unwieldy, fat men... He bawled out ‘king's cruse’, equivalent, in technical language, to ‘enough’.] 1892 Pacific Coast Teacher Sept. 14/1 It is such an easy thing to say ‘King's X’. 1906 Life 10 May 585 When life throws a bomb into our back yard we will not holler ‘King's X’. 1941 I. B. Hall in J. F. Dobie et al. Texian Stomping Grounds 148 The game continued in this manner until some one called..‘King's Ex’ or ‘King's Axe’, a signal for discontinuance. 1992 N. Ryan & J. Jenkins Miracle Man vii. 89 Bankruptcy laws..[allow] people to run up a lot of debt and then throw up their hands and say, ‘Time out. King's X. I'm sorry, but I can't pay you and the law's going to protect me.’ This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.int.1889
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