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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How to use crasis in a sentence

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
The prevailing intermittent fevers, he says, gave place to a new epidemic depending upon a manifest crasis of the air.
A History of Epidemics in Britain, Volume II (of 2) | Charles Creighton
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
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
The due combination of these was known as crasis, and existed in health.
Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine | James Sands Elliott

British Dictionary definitions for crasis

crasis

/ (ˈkreɪsɪs) /

nounplural -ses (-siːz)

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

Origin of crasis

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

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