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grasserie

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[gras-uh-ree, grah-suh-] / ˈgræs ə ri, ˈgrɑ sə- /

noun

  1. a virus disease of silkworms, characterized by yellowness of the integument and an excessive accumulation of fluid within the body.


Etymology

Origin of grasserie

1830–40; < French, equivalent to gras fat (< Latin crassus ) + -erie -ery

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De la Grasserie, Les principes sociologiques du droit civil, ch.

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De la Grasserie, Les principes sociologiques du droit civil, ch.

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Since then an extended essay upon it has been written by M. de la Grasserie.

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La Grasserie, R. de, 647, 649, 729.

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R. de la Grasserie, Des religions comparées au point de vue sociologique; M. Jastrow, The Study of Religion, pp.

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