Meaning of CACOETHES
| Pronunciation: | | `kakow'eetheez
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| | Definition: | | [n] an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action |
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| | Synonyms: | | mania, passion |
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| | See Also: | | agromania, alcoholism, dipsomania, egomania, irrational motive, kleptomania, logomania, logorrhea, monomania, necromania, necrophilia, necrophilism, phaneromania, possession, potomania, pyromania, trichotillomania | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cac`o*["e]"thes\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ???????? of ill
habits, ?? ???????? an ill habit; ? bad + ? habit]
1. A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as,
caco["e]thes scribendi, ``The itch for writing''.
--Addison.
2. (Med.) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an
incurable ulcer.
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