Cacodaemon
/kækəˈdiːmən/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).
- 2 an evil spirit wordnet
- 3 Twelfth astrological House, from which only evil prognostics are alleged to proceed.
- 4 A nightmare. obsolete
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All synonymsEtymology
From Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn), from κακός (kakós, “bad, evil”) and δαίμων (daímōn, “divinity, genius”).