acrasyn.

Brit.

/ˈakrəsi/, U.S.

/ˈækrəsi/

Forms: 1500s– acrasy, 1600s acrasie.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin acrasia; Greek ἀκρασία.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin acrasia intemperance (1546 or earlier) and its etymon ancient Greek ἀκρασία bad mixture (see acrasia n.); compare -y suffix³. Compare acrasia n.The semantic development may have been influenced by association with akrasia n. and its etymon ancient Greek ἀκρασία impotence, lack of self-command; compare also discussion at acrasia n.

Now rare.

Irregular or disorderly behaviour, intemperance; an instance of this.In quot. 1590, personified: cf. Acrasian adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [noun]

unimetec888

unmethelOE

overdeeda1200

unmetheshipa1250

outragec1325

ragec1330

reveriec1350

delavinessc1380

recolagea1400

dissolutionc1400

superfluityc1405

wantonness1448

intemperancy1532

intemperacy?1541

untemperance?1541

intemperance1547

excess1552

immoderateness1569

intemperateness1571

unbridledness1571

inordinateness1577

untemperateness1578

dissoluteness1580

acrasia1590

acrasy1590

intemperature1602

inordination1615

inordinancya1617

immoderation1640

extravagancy1651

debauch1672

extravagance1676

incontinency1715

extravaganza1754

incontinence1836

unmeasuredness1864

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Z6^v Guyon..Doth ouerthrow the Bowre of blis, And Acrasy defeat.

1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes 34 When the single creature..becomes exorbitant from the motion of the universal heaven, as the most common rule, immediately there succeed irregularity, acrasie, confusion and defects.

1698 Life T. Firmin 84 He was neither presuming or over-bold, nor yet timorous; a little prone to Anger, but never excessive in it, either as to measure or time: which Acrasies, whether you say of the Body or Mind, occasion great Uneasiness.

1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Acrasy (with Physicians) the Excess or Predominancy of one Quality above another in Mixture, or in the Constitution of a Human Body.

1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Acrasy, Excess, irregularity.

1847 Reasoner 2 254 There will be hesitancy in what is said, and irregularity in what is done, but it will be but the acrasy of youth or of genius.

1913 N. Amer. Rev. Dec. 878 Of course, there may be some sovereign scientific virtue in all these..acrasies,..and teleological psycho-sexual erotico-frigidities.

2006 J. P. A. Sell Rhetoric & Wonder in Eng. Trav. Writing v. 174 The book, by contrast, is an infinite and unclaimed territory, inspirited with hermeneutic acrasy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	acrasy
释义	acrasyn. Brit. /ˈakrəsi/, U.S. /ˈækrəsi/ Forms: 1500s– acrasy, 1600s acrasie. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin acrasia; Greek ἀκρασία. Etymology: < post-classical Latin acrasia intemperance (1546 or earlier) and its etymon ancient Greek ἀκρασία bad mixture (see acrasia n.); compare -y suffix³. Compare acrasia n.The semantic development may have been influenced by association with akrasia n. and its etymon ancient Greek ἀκρασία impotence, lack of self-command; compare also discussion at acrasia n. Now rare. Irregular or disorderly behaviour, intemperance; an instance of this.In quot. 1590, personified: cf. Acrasian adj. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [noun] unimetec888 unmethelOE overdeeda1200 unmetheshipa1250 outragec1325 ragec1330 reveriec1350 delavinessc1380 recolagea1400 dissolutionc1400 superfluityc1405 wantonness1448 intemperancy1532 intemperacy?1541 untemperance?1541 intemperance1547 excess1552 immoderateness1569 intemperateness1571 unbridledness1571 inordinateness1577 untemperateness1578 dissoluteness1580 acrasia1590 acrasy1590 intemperature1602 inordination1615 inordinancya1617 immoderation1640 extravagancy1651 debauch1672 extravagance1676 incontinency1715 extravaganza1754 incontinence1836 unmeasuredness1864 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Z6^v Guyon..Doth ouerthrow the Bowre of blis, And Acrasy defeat. 1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes 34 When the single creature..becomes exorbitant from the motion of the universal heaven, as the most common rule, immediately there succeed irregularity, acrasie, confusion and defects. 1698 Life T. Firmin 84 He was neither presuming or over-bold, nor yet timorous; a little prone to Anger, but never excessive in it, either as to measure or time: which Acrasies, whether you say of the Body or Mind, occasion great Uneasiness. 1731 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Acrasy (with Physicians) the Excess or Predominancy of one Quality above another in Mixture, or in the Constitution of a Human Body. 1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Acrasy, Excess, irregularity. 1847 Reasoner 2 254 There will be hesitancy in what is said, and irregularity in what is done, but it will be but the acrasy of youth or of genius. 1913 N. Amer. Rev. Dec. 878 Of course, there may be some sovereign scientific virtue in all these..acrasies,..and teleological psycho-sexual erotico-frigidities. 2006 J. P. A. Sell Rhetoric & Wonder in Eng. Trav. Writing v. 174 The book, by contrast, is an infinite and unclaimed territory, inspirited with hermeneutic acrasy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1590
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