"acrasy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈækɹəsi/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: acrasies [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin acrasia (“lack of temperance”), and from its etymon Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κρᾱσῐ́ᾱ (akrāsíā, “bad mixture”) (see further at acrasia) + English -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting conditions, qualities, or states). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*n̥-|*ḱerh₂-|*-éh₂}}, {{lbor|en|LL.|acrasia|t=lack of temperance}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin acrasia (“lack of temperance”), {{glossary|etymon}} etymon, {{lbor|en|grc|ᾰ̓κρᾱσῐ́ᾱ|notext=1|t=bad mixture}} Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κρᾱσῐ́ᾱ (akrāsíā, “bad mixture”), {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|abstract noun}} abstract noun Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} acrasy (countable and uncountable, plural acrasies)
  1. (archaic, uncountable) Synonym of acrasia (“lack of self-control; intemperance, excess; also, irregular or unruly behaviour”); (countable) an instance of this. Tags: archaic, uncountable Synonyms: acrasia [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

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