-crasy

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek κρᾶσις (krâsis, mixing, tempering), often via Latin -crāsia and, additionally, Old French -crasie.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-crasy

  1. temperament; constituent pattern.

Usage notes

  • Because -crasy and -cracy are homophones, and the former is comparatively much rarer, the two suffixes are often mistakenly conflated in the latter spelling, thus giving rise to such common misspellings as idiosyncracy.

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