CRUX


Meaning of CRUX in English

/kruks/ , n. , pl. cruxes, cruces /krooh"seez/ .

1. a vital, basic, decisive, or pivotal point: The crux of the trial was his whereabouts at the time of the murder.

2. a cross.

3. something that torments by its puzzling nature; a perplexing difficulty.

[ 1635-45; crux ( interpretum ) (commentators') torment, a difficult passage in a text; cf. CRUCIAL ]

Syn. 1. essence, heart, core, gist.

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