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Word: Crasis
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century (as a medical term denoting the blending of physical qualities giving rise to a particular state of health): from Greek krasis ‘mixture’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkreɪsɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a contraction of two adjacent vowels into one long vowel or diphthong, for example the reduction of words in ancient Greek from three syllables to two.
Short Definition:contraction of two adjacent vowels into one long vowel or diphthong
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