Crasis

[kreisis]

Definition

(n.) A mixture of constituents, as of the blood; constitution; temperament.

(n.) A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a diphthong; synaeresis; as, cogo for coago.

Checker: Salvatore

Definition

n. the mixture of different elements in the constitution of the body: temperament: (gram.) the mingling or contraction of two vowels into one long vowel or into a diphthong.

Editor: Terence