cacoethic
adj/ˌkakəʊˈiːθik/
Etymology
Latin, from Ancient Greek κακοήθης (kakoḗthēs, “ill-disposed”) (κακός (kakós, “bad”) + ἦθος (êthos, “disposition, nature”)) + -ic
Definitions
Ill-conditioned, malignant
Ill-conditioned, malignant; cacoethical.
- From Nature's womb vitality will burst / Upon the optic and all other nerves, / To make us stare with wonder at ourselves. / The valetudinarian thus will learn / One cacoëthic cause of all his woe.
Of or pertaining to a cacoethes (a malignant tumour or ulcer).
- Take red Lead two Ounces, diſtill'd Vinegar two Pounds, digeſt for many Days; this Liquor being diſtill'd is us'd for a Fomentation in cacoethic Ulcers, call'd Nomæ, Phagædænica.
The neighborhood
- synonymcacoethical
- neighborcacoethes
- neighborcacoethically
- neighborcacoethics
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for cacoethic. 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