Others, trained in the interpretation of linguistic cruces in the Odyssey and Beowulf, find it difficult to detect clarity and certainty in instructions like the following (for the operation of a video cassette recorder)[.]
Source: wiktionary
Cruces
//ˈkɹu.siz//
Synonyms for "cruces" (186 found)
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Closest matches (38)
Strong matches (55)
Related words (93)
jointjokerjuncturekernelkeystoneknotknotty pointlandmarklatin crosslong crossmain pointmain thingmaltese crossmaterial pointmattermeatmilestonemind bogglermind-bogglermystery
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Noun(16 words)
Proper Noun(1 words)
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Sample sentences
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I attempt to find emotional or rhetorical cruces and to connect these in as graceful a way as I can manage in roughly the same number of lines as Seneca used.
Source: wiktionary
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