X

Meanings

Proper Noun

• used by those who have had their identity or heritage, including their proper ancestral names, erased or forgotten.
• Christ

Noun

• Any mark that looks like that letter, such as a mark made by a person who cannot read or write in lieu of a signature.
• The spot behind the goal.
• Ecstasy, a particular street drug.
• Cross, crossing.

Adjective

• Intersex or non-binary .
• Suitable only for those aged 16 or (later) 18 years and over.
• Obscene.
• Abbreviation of extreme

Origin

• Introduced by René Descartes in the context of mathematical notation, but has since widened to other contexts.
• Presumably by abbreviation of the pronunciation of ecstasy.
• From Christ by abbreviation, , from Χριστός.
• From cross, due to the X symbol being a cross saltire.