The Collaborative International Dictionary
Acrasia
Acrasia \A*cra"si*a\, Acrasy \Ac"ra*sy\n. [Gr. akrasia.]
Excess; intemperance. [Obs. except in Med.]
--Farindon.
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Wiktionary
acrasia
n. lack of self-control; excess; intemperance
Wikipedia
Acrasia (disambiguation)
Acrasia may refer to:
- Akrasia, the state of acting against one's better judgement
- Acrasia (horse), a racing horse, 1904 Melbourne Cup winner
- Acrasia (moth), a geometer moth genus
- Acrasia (protists), a proposed phylum of protists
- A character in Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene
See also:
- Acrasin
Acrasia (moth)
Acrasia is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.
Category:Nacophorini
Usage examples of "acrasia".
His dearest Dame is that Enchaunteresse,The vile Acrasia, that with vaine delightes,And idle pleasures in his[her] Bowre of Blisse,Does charme her louers, and the feeble sprightesCan call out of the bodies of fraile wightes:Whom then she does transforme to mõstrous hewes,And horribly misshapes with vgly sightes,Captiu'd eternally in yron mewes,And darksom dens, where Titan his face neuer shewes.