acrasy

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Late Latin acrasia (“lack of temperance”), and from its etymon Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κρᾱσῐ́ᾱ (ăkrāsĭ́ā, “bad mixture”) (see further at acrasia) + English -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting conditions, qualities, or states). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈækɹəsi/ === Noun === acrasy (countable and uncountable, plural acrasies) (archaic, uncountable) Synonym of acrasia (“lack of self-control; intemperance, excess; also, irregular or unruly behaviour”); (countable) an instance of this. a. 1658, Anthony Farindon, a sermon === References ===