CRASIS

Etymology

Noun

crasis (countable and uncountable, plural crases)

(obsolete) One's constitution; the balance of humours in a person's body.

A mixture or combination.

(linguistics) External vowel sandhi; contraction of a vowel or diphthong at the end of a word with a vowel or diphthong at the start of the following word.

Anagrams

• ACRISS, Sarics, crissa

Source: Wiktionary


Cra"sis (kr"ss), n. Etym: [LL., temperament, fr. Gr.

1. (Med.)

Definition: A mixture of constituents, as of the blood; constitution; temperament.

2. (Gram.)

Definition: A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a dipthong; synæresis; as, cogo for coago.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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