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cacoethes

noun
/ˌkækəʊˈiːθiːz/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from κακοήθης
  2. borrowed from cacoēthes

Definitions

  1. Compulsion

    Compulsion; mania.

    • […] So swallow pride / And pay the fare, / To climb aboard / As had before / For yet another ride, / On wings of cacoethes, […]

  2. A bad quality or disposition in a disease

    A bad quality or disposition in a disease; a malignant tumour or ulcer.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cacoethes. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA