Acrasian
/əˈkreɪzɪən/ /əˈkrasɪən/adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of Acrasia, a personification of excess or intemperance presented as a deceitful enchantress in Spenser's Faerie Queene; specifically designating Acrasia's home, the ‘Bower of Bliss’; reminiscent or evocative of this.
Origin
Early 19th century; earliest use found in John Keats (1795–1821), poet. From the name Acrasia + -an.
- romantically
- romanticalness
- romantic comedy
- Romantic irony
- romanticise
- romanticism
- romanticist
- romanticity
- romanticization
- romanticize
- romanticky
- romanticly
- romanticness
- Romantic Revival
- romantism
- romantist
- Roman uncial
- Roman vitriol
- Roman Wall
- Roman wormwood
- Romany
- Romany rye
- romanza
- romanze
- romanzo