Definitions
Most important point or central difficulty of a matter.
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“The crux of her argument was that the roadways needed repair before anything else could be accomplished.”
“The movie hits its dramatic crux an hour in, when Reality [Winner], at work at the contractor’s facility in Georgia, discovers what she deems a tragic scandal.”
“What I have advanced upon this species of verse will contribute to solve a poetical problem, thrown out by Dryden as a crux to his brethren”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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