cacodaemon

noun
/kækəˈdiːmən/

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn), from κακός (kakós, “bad, evil”) and δαίμων (daímōn, “divinity, genius”).

Definitions

  1. A wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).

  2. Twelfth astrological House, from which only evil prognostics are alleged to proceed.

  3. A nightmare.

The neighborhood

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