crasis
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of crasis
1595–1605; < Greek krâsis mixture, blend, equivalent to krā- (base of kerannýnai to mix) + -sis -sis
Example Sentences
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Michael Winterbottom, who directed A Cock and Bull Story, seems entranced by the crasis of the Coogan screen persona.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 15, 2013
But Burton makes no effort to account for the occurrence of this crasis of masculine and feminine temperaments in the Sotadic Zone at large, and for its sporadic appearance in other regions.
From A Problem in Modern Ethics being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion, addressed especially to Medical Psychologists and Jurists by Symonds, John Addington
Some seem to have no need of the plural; as, ambergris, aqua-fortis, arthritis, brewis, crasis, elephantiasis, genesis, orris, siriasis, tennis.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
The due combination of these was known as crasis, and existed in health.
From Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine by Elliott, James Sands
Donnez-vous un gentil purge à Monsieur Burgess.—I have considered of the crasis and syntoma of your disease, and here is un fort gentil purgation per evacuationem excrementorum, as we physicians use to parley.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various
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