Definition of quasi

< quash

quasi- >

qua·si    (kwz, -s, kwäz, -s) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

Having a likeness to something; resembling: a quasi success.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, as if, from Old French, from Latin quasi : quam, as; see k^wo- in Indo-European roots + s, if; see swo- in Indo-European roots