quasi-
Share:
Tweet pref. To some degree; in some manner: quasi-stellar object. [Latin quasi, as if; see QUASI.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.
adj. Having a likeness to something; resembling: a quasi success. [Middle English, as if, from Old French, from Latin : quam, as; see kwo- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + sī, if; see swo- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2022 by HarperCollins Publishers. All rights reserved.