Cacoethic

//ˌkakəʊˈiːθik// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Ill-conditioned, malignant; cacoethical.

    "From Nature's womb vitality will burst / Upon the optic and all other nerves, / To make us stare with wonder at ourselves. / The valetudinarian thus will learn / One cacoëthic cause of all his woe."

  2. 2
    Of or pertaining to a cacoethes (a malignant tumour or ulcer). obsolete

    "Now theſe two Parts of Surgery I ſhould have inlarged more upon, being they are notable branches of our Art, as well as Wounds, Fractures, and Luxations, but time permitted not. Several of them that proceed from Wounds and Contuſions, and ſome from Plethory and Choller, I have touched upon already, and will add no more about them; bur others from a Cacoethic habit of Body, tis neceſſary that I now observe unto you."

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"From Nature's womb vitality will burst / Upon the optic and all other nerves, / To make us stare with wonder at ourselves. / The valetudinarian thus will learn / One cacoëthic cause of all his woe."

Etymology

Latin, from Ancient Greek κακοήθης (kakoḗthēs, “ill-disposed”) (κακός (kakós, “bad”) + ἦθος (êthos, “disposition, nature”)) + -ic

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