QUASI
What does "QUASI" mean?
Seemingly or partly, but not really; resembling something without fully being it.
Meanings
- Having some resemblance to; being so in a partial or apparent sense. The committee held quasi-judicial powers. formal
- As if; in a way that seems but is not entirely so. He spoke with a quasi-official air. formal
Did you know?
- 'Quasi' entered English unchanged from Latin, where it was already a squeeze of two words - 'quam si', meaning 'as if' - so every 'quasi-legal' or 'quasi-scientific' phrase literally says 'as-if-legal' or 'as-if-scientific'.
Word origin
Directly from Latin 'quasi' meaning 'as if, as though', a contraction of 'quam si' - 'as (much as) if'.
Remember it
QUASI = 'as if' - it always means almost-but-not-quite the thing it's stuck to.
A little poem
Not quite a king, not merely a man-
the quasi-throne holds whatever it can.
couplet
Wordplay
- I'm a quasi-expert: I have all the confidence of one and none of the credentials.
What it teaches
The word 'quasi' is honesty's loophole: it admits the resemblance while quietly denying the substance.
Quick facts
What does QUASI mean?
Seemingly or partly, but not really; resembling something without fully being it.
Is QUASI a valid word?
Yes — QUASI is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is QUASI?
QUASI has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does QUASI come from?
Directly from Latin 'quasi' meaning 'as if, as though', a contraction of 'quam si' - 'as (much as) if'.
What can QUASI teach us?
The word 'quasi' is honesty's loophole: it admits the resemblance while quietly denying the substance.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.