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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Cacoëthes

· Cac·o·ë·thes · IPA
01 n. A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoëthes scribendi, “The itch for writing”.
  1. 1.
    A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoëthes scribendi, “The itch for writing”.
  2. 2.
    A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.(Med.)