cacoethes
oʊˈi noun
an irresistible urge; mania.
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| —n | |
| an uncontrollable urge or desire, esp for something harmful; mania: a cacoethes for smoking | |
| [C16: from Latin cacoēthes malignant disease, from Greek kakoēthēs of an evil disposition, from kakos | |
| cacoethic | |
| —adj | |
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Cacoethes
is always a great word to know.
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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cacoethes
"itch for doing something," 1560s, from L., from Gk. kakoethes "ill-habit, wickedness, itch for doing (something)," from kakos "bad" + ethe- "disposition, character" (see ethos). Most famously, in Juvenal's insanabile scribendi cacoethes "incurable passion for writing."
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