Cacoethes

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

II. Cacoethes ·noun A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoethes scribendi, "The itch for writing".

cacoethes
căcŏēthĕs, is, n., = κακόηθες, τό (bad state or habit); I in medic. lang., an obstinate , malignan...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
cacoethes
cacoēthes is, n , κακόηθες, a bad habit, bad condition: scribendi, an incurable passion, Iu. ...

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