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cacoethes (iou)



cacoethes noun. M16.
[Latin from Greek kakoethes use as noun of adjective kakoethes ill-disposed, formed as CACO- + ETHOS.]
An evil habit; a passion or 'itch' for doing something inadvisable.
cacoethes scribendi an irresistible desire to write.