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Cross-Purpose
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory. Shaftesbury.
2. A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. Pepys. To be at cross-purposes, to misunderstand or to act counter to one another without intending it; -- said of persons.