crux

Pronunciation: /kɹʌks/

The English word “crux” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

The basic, central, or essential point or feature.
The critical or transitional moment or issue, a turning point.
A puzzle or difficulty.
The hardest point of a climb.
A cross on a coat of arms.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin crux (“cross, wooden frame for execution”), possibly from the Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, to bend”). Doublet of cross and crouch (“cross”).

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More English words

Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease
Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome
Cruwys Morchard
Crux
crux ansata
crux decussata
crux gammata
crux ordinaria

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