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Webster 1913 Edition
Cacoethes
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Cacˊo-ë′thes
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] of ill habits, [GREEK][GREEK] [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] an ill habit;
κακόσ
bad + [GREEK] habit] 1.
A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire;
as,
. cacoëthes scribendi
, “The itch for writing”Addison.
2.
(Med.)
A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cacoethes
CACOETHES
, n.1.
A bad custom or habit; a bad disposition.2.
In medicine, an incurable ulcer.