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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Cacoethes \Cac`o*["e]"thes\, n. [L., fr Gr ???????? of ill habits, ?? ???????? an ill habit; ? bad + ? habit] 1. A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as caco["e]thes scribendi ``The itch for writing''. --Addison. 2. (Med.) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: cacoethes n : an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action [syn: {mania}, {passion}]
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