| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| cacoëthes |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cac·o·ë·thes |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  k k  -  thz |
| NOUN: | An irresistible compulsion; a mania. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin cacothes, from neuter of Greek kakoths, ill-disposed : kakos, bad; see kakka- in Appendix I + thos, disposition; see s(w)e- in Appendix I.
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