cacoethesn.

/kakəʊˈiːθɪs/

/kakəʊˈiːθiːz/

Etymology: Latin, < Greek κακόηθες ill habit, propensity, ‘itch’, substantive use of neuter of κακοήθης ill-disposed, < κακο- bad + (ἦθος) ἦθε- disposition, character. (The Greek (and Latin) plural was cacoēthē.)

1. An evil habit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > a habit or practice > bad or evil

untuhtlec1230

cacoethes1603

hank1878

1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. S4 This cacoethes, or ill custome..incroacheth so vpon the good maners of men.

2. An obstinate or malignant disease.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > types > [noun] > resistant disease

cacoethes1601

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 142 Gangrenes and those morimall vlcers called Cacoethe.

1726 A. Monro Anat. (1741) 128 Unless the Patient labours under a general Cacoethes.

3. An ‘itch’ for doing something, as in the insanabile scribendi cacoēthes (incurable passion for writing) of Juvenal.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [noun]

itching1340

miscovetise1496

itch1532

tickling1553

impatiency1564

cacoethes1570

impatience1581

pruritation1653

pruriency1656

mangea1674

prurience1777

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 686/1 Suche is the maladie and cacoethes of your pen, that it beginneth to barke, before it hath learned well to wryte.

1714 J. Addison Spectator No. 582. ¶1 Juvenal terms [a certain Distemper] a Cacoethes; which is a hard Word for a Disease called in plain English, the Itch of Writing. This Cacoethes is as Epidemical as the Small-Pox.

1836 Fraser's Mag. 14 578 One half of it was cacoëthes of building, the other half cacoëthes of painting.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cacoethes
释义	cacoethesn. /kakəʊˈiːθɪs//kakəʊˈiːθiːz/ Etymology: Latin, < Greek κακόηθες ill habit, propensity, ‘itch’, substantive use of neuter of κακοήθης ill-disposed, < κακο- bad + (ἦθος) ἦθε- disposition, character. (The Greek (and Latin) plural was cacoēthē.) 1. An evil habit. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > [noun] > a habit or practice > bad or evil untuhtlec1230 cacoethes1603 hank1878 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. S4 This cacoethes, or ill custome..incroacheth so vpon the good maners of men. 2. An obstinate or malignant disease. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > types > [noun] > resistant disease cacoethes1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 142 Gangrenes and those morimall vlcers called Cacoethe. 1726 A. Monro Anat. (1741) 128 Unless the Patient labours under a general Cacoethes. 3. An ‘itch’ for doing something, as in the insanabile scribendi cacoēthes (incurable passion for writing) of Juvenal. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [noun] itching1340 miscovetise1496 itch1532 tickling1553 impatiency1564 cacoethes1570 impatience1581 pruritation1653 pruriency1656 mangea1674 prurience1777 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 686/1 Suche is the maladie and cacoethes of your pen, that it beginneth to barke, before it hath learned well to wryte. 1714 J. Addison Spectator No. 582. ¶1 Juvenal terms [a certain Distemper] a Cacoethes; which is a hard Word for a Disease called in plain English, the Itch of Writing. This Cacoethes is as Epidemical as the Small-Pox. 1836 Fraser's Mag. 14 578 One half of it was cacoëthes of building, the other half cacoëthes of painting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1570
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