crasis
[krey-sis]
noun, plural cra·ses [krey-seez] /ˈkreɪ siz/. Archaic.
composition; constitution; makeup.
RELATED WORDS
style, humor, nature, type, kind, cast, aspect, sense, tone, quality, spirit, personality, streak, set, bent, habit, attribute, frame, morale, shape
Origin of crasis
1595–1605; < Greek krâsis mixture, blend, equivalent to krā- (base of kerannýnai to mix) + -sis -sis
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Historical Examples of crasis
The due combination of these was known as crasis, and existed in health.
Outlines of Greek and Roman MedicineJames Sands Elliott
Other examples of lengthening are 'bathos', 'pathos', while the long quantity is of course kept in 'colon' and 'crasis'.
Society for Pure English Tract 4John Sargeaunt
For the Irascible passions do follow the temper of the heart, but the concupiscible distractions the crasis of the liver.
The Works of Sir Thomas Browne (Volume 1 of 3)Thomas Browne
Nevertheless, he was led to surmise a crasis of the two sexes in persons subject to sexual inversion.
A Problem in Modern EthicsJohn Addington Symonds
crasis
noun plural -ses (-siːz)
Word Origin for crasis
C17: from Greek krasis a mingling, from kerannunai to mix
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