crasis

[krey-sis]

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noun, plural cra·ses

[krey-seez] /ˈkreɪ siz/. Archaic.

composition; constitution; makeup.

Origin of crasis

1595–1605; < Greek krâsis mixture, blend, equivalent to krā- (base of kerannýnai to mix) + -sis -sis

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Related Words for crasis

style, humor, nature, type, kind, cast, aspect, sense, tone, quality, spirit, personality, streak, set, bent, habit, attribute, frame, morale, shape

Examples from the Web for crasis

Historical Examples of crasis

The due combination of these was known as crasis, and existed in health.
Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine
James 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 4
John 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 Ethics
John Addington Symonds

British Dictionary definitions for crasis

crasis

noun plural -ses (-siːz)

the fusion or contraction of two adjacent vowels into oneAlso called: syneresis

Word Origin for crasis

C17: from Greek krasis a mingling, from kerannunai to mix

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