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acrasy

/ˈækɹəsi/ US, UK

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

noun acrasies

archaic, uncountable Synonym of acrasia (“lack of self-control; intemperance, excess; also, irregular or unruly behaviour”); (countable) an instance of this. a. 1658, Anthony Farindon, a sermon Deſpair may have its original not onely from the acraſie and diſcompoſedneſs of the outward man[…]
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@misc{acrasy_2026,
  title = {acrasy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/acrasy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}