cacoethes

Meaning

  1. Compulsion; mania.
  2. (obsolete) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; a malignant tumour or ulcer.

Translations

Hyphenated as
ca‧co‧e‧thes
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌkakəʊˈiːθiːz/
Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cacoēthes , from Ancient Greek κακοήθης (kakoḗthēs, “ill-disposed”) from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + ἦθος (êthos, “disposition, nature”).

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