Definitions for crasis

crasis cra·sis

Spelling: [krey-sis]
IPA: /ˈkreɪ sɪs/

Crasis is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 101 anagrams from letters in crasis (acirss).

Definitions for crasis

noun

  1. composition; constitution; makeup.

Origin of crasis

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

Examples for crasis

The due combination of these was known as crasis, and existed in health.

Other examples of lengthening are 'bathos', 'pathos', while the long quantity is of course kept in 'colon' and 'crasis'.

Nevertheless, he was led to surmise a crasis of the two sexes in persons subject to sexual inversion.

For the Irascible passions do follow the temper of the heart, but the concupiscible distractions the crasis of the liver.

Word Value for crasis
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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