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crux
1[ kruhks ]
Crux
2[ kruhks ]
noun
Astronomy.
genitive Crucis [kroo, -sis].
crux
1/ krʌks /
noun
- a vital or decisive stage, point, etc (often in the phrase the crux of the matter )
- a baffling problem or difficulty
- mountaineering the most difficult and often decisive part of a climb or pitch
- a rare word for cross
Crux
2/ krʌks /
noun
- the more formal name for the Southern Cross
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crux1
1635–45; < Latin: stake, scaffold, or cross used in executions, torment; figurative senses perhaps < New Latin crux ( interpretum ) (commentators') torment, a difficult passage in a text; crucial
Origin of crux2
< Latin: a cross
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Word History and Origins
Origin of crux1
C18: from Latin: cross
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