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Word: Cacoethes
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek kakoēthes ‘ill-disposed’, from kakos ‘bad’ + ēthos ‘disposition’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌkakəʊˈiːθiːz
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an urge to do something inadvisable.
Short Definition:urge to do something inadvisable
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