Associations to the word «Cacoethes»

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Wiktionary

CACOETHES, noun. Compulsion; mania.
CACOETHES, noun. (medicine) (obsolete) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.

Dictionary definition

CACOETHES, noun. An irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley