
n.
An irresistible compulsion; a mania.
[Latin cacoēthes, from neuter of Greek kakoēthēs, ill-disposed : kakos, bad + ēthos, disposition.]
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[Latin cacoēthes, from neuter of Greek kakoēthēs, ill-disposed : kakos, bad + ēthos, disposition.]
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