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crux

  [kruhks]
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–noun, plural crux⋅es, cru⋅ces  [kroo-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.
Origin:
1635–45; < L: stake, scaffold, or cross used in executions, torment; figurative senses perh. < NL crux (interpretum) (commentators') torment, a difficult passage in a text; cf. crucial

Synonyms:
1. essence, heart, core, gist.

Crux

  [kruhks]
–noun, genitive Cru⋅cis  [kroo-sis] . Astronomy.
Southern Cross.
Origin:
< L: a cross
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crux   (krŭks, krŏŏks)   
n.   pl. crux·es or cru·ces (krōō'sēz)

  1. The basic, central, or critical point or feature: the crux of the matter; the crux of an argument.

  2. A puzzling or apparently insoluble problem.


[Probably short for Medieval Latin crux (interpretum), torment (of interpreters), from Latin crux, cross.]
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crux (krŭks, kr&oobreve;ks)
n. pl. crux·es or cru·ces (kr&oomacr;'sēz)
A cross or a crosslike structure.

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