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quasi.

almost as if; like; as it were

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

conj[ˈkʷa.siː]Classical-Latin[ˈkʷa.sɪ]Classical-Latin[ˈkʷaː.s̬i]
  1. almost as if; like; as it were

    quasi vērō nesciam!
  2. on the grounds that

    Late-Latin
    quasi praedam male divisisset
Where this word comes from

Univerbation of quam (“how, as”) + sī (“if”) with clitic shortening of the first vowel and iambic shortening of the second.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.