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acrasy

The origin and history of acrasy.

Etymology

A learned borrowing from Late Latin acrasia (“lack of temperance”), together with its Ancient Greek etymon ᾰ̓κρᾱσῐ́ᾱ (ăkrāsĭ́ā, “bad mixture”) (see further at acrasia), plus English -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting conditions, qualities, or states).

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