-crasy

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /-kɹəsi/

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.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -crasy

Anagrams

• Carys, Crays, carsy, crays, scary, scray