CACOETHES

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoëthes scribendi, "The itch for writing". Addison.

2.
n.

A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.


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