Cacoethes - Revision history

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	* Katakana: カコエーシーズ		* Katakana: カコエーシーズ
	* Hangul: 캐코이시즈		* Hangul: 캐코이시즈

			== References ==

			Holmes, Oliver Wendell Sr. “Cacoethes Scribendi.” 1891. Poetry Foundation. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44378/cacoethes-scribendi.

			PiNKII x DAEGHO. “Addict.” YouTube video. https://youtu.be/V2AfXNJImSo.

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	=== Etymology ===		=== Etymology ===
	Borrowed from Latin ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cacoethes#Latin cacoēthes]'', from Ancient Greek ''κακοήθης'' (“ill-disposed”), from:		Borrowed from Latin ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cacoethes#Latin cacoēthes]'', from Ancient Greek ''κακοήθης'' (“ill-disposed”), from:
	* ''κακός'' (“bad”)		* ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82 κακός]'' (“bad”)
	* ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82#Ancient_Greek ἦθος]'' (“disposition, nature”)		* ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82#Ancient_Greek ἦθος]'' (“disposition, nature”)

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	Borrowed from Latin ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cacoethes#Latin cacoēthes]'', from Ancient Greek ''κακοήθης'' (“ill-disposed”), from:		Borrowed from Latin ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cacoethes#Latin cacoēthes]'', from Ancient Greek ''κακοήθης'' (“ill-disposed”), from:
	* ''κακός'' (“bad”)		* ''κακός'' (“bad”)
	* ''ἦθος'' (“disposition, nature”)		* ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82#Ancient_Greek ἦθος]'' (“disposition, nature”)

	=== Pronunciation ===		=== Pronunciation ===

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	=== Etymology ===		=== Etymology ===
	Borrowed from Latin ''cacoēthes'', from Ancient Greek ''κακοήθης'' (“ill-disposed”), from:		Borrowed from Latin ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cacoethes#Latin cacoēthes]'', from Ancient Greek ''κακοήθης'' (“ill-disposed”), from:
	* ''κακός'' (“bad”)		* ''κακός'' (“bad”)
	* ''ἦθος'' (“disposition, nature”)		* ''ἦθος'' (“disposition, nature”)

	~~<ref>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cacoethes#Latin Wiktionary: ''cacoēthes'']</ref>~~

	=== Pronunciation ===		=== Pronunciation ===

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	* ''κακός'' (“bad”)		* ''κακός'' (“bad”)
	* ''ἦθος'' (“disposition, nature”)		* ''ἦθος'' (“disposition, nature”)

			<ref>[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cacoethes#Latin Wiktionary: ''cacoēthes'']</ref>

	=== Pronunciation ===		=== Pronunciation ===

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	Rather than simple attraction, the lyrics dramatize a cultivated appetite for ruin, a compulsive surrender that aligns closely with the moral and psychological weight of ''cacoethes''.		Rather than simple attraction, the lyrics dramatize a cultivated appetite for ruin, a compulsive surrender that aligns closely with the moral and psychological weight of ''cacoethes''.

	=== In ~~literature~~ ===		=== In Literature ===

	==== "Cacoethes Scribendi" by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ====		==== "Cacoethes Scribendi" by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ====

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"Cacoethes Scribendi" by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

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	Rather than simple attraction, the lyrics dramatize a cultivated appetite for ruin, a compulsive surrender that aligns closely with the moral and psychological weight of ''cacoethes''.		Rather than simple attraction, the lyrics dramatize a cultivated appetite for ruin, a compulsive surrender that aligns closely with the moral and psychological weight of ''cacoethes''.

	~~=== In literature ===~~
	=== In literature ===		=== In literature ===

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	=== In literature ===		=== In literature ===
			=== In literature ===

	==== "Cacoethes Scribendi" by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ====		==== "Cacoethes Scribendi" by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ====
	The term is the central theme of the 1891 poem [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44378/cacoethes-scribendi "Cacoethes Scribendi"] by '''Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.'''		The term is the central theme of the 1891 poem [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44378/cacoethes-scribendi "Cacoethes Scribendi"] by '''Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.'''

	<poem>		<poem>

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	Rather than simple attraction, the lyrics dramatize a cultivated appetite for ruin, a compulsive surrender that aligns closely with the moral and psychological weight of ''cacoethes''.		Rather than simple attraction, the lyrics dramatize a cultivated appetite for ruin, a compulsive surrender that aligns closely with the moral and psychological weight of ''cacoethes''.

			=== In literature ===
			==== "Cacoethes Scribendi" by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. ====
			The term is the central theme of the 1891 poem [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44378/cacoethes-scribendi "Cacoethes Scribendi"] by '''Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.'''

			<poem>
			If all the trees in all the woods were men;
			And each and every blade of grass a pen;
			If every leaf on every shrub and tree
			Turned to a sheet of foolscap; every sea
			Were changed to ink, and all earth's living tribes
			Had nothing else to do but act as scribes,
			And for ten thousand ages, day and night,
			The human race should write, and write, and write,
			Till all the pens and paper were used up,
			And the huge inkstand was an empty cup,
			Still would the scribblers clustered round its brink
			Call for more pens, more paper, and more ink.
			</poem>

	== Transliteration ==		== Transliteration ==

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	The term is the central theme of the 1891 poem [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44378/cacoethes-scribendi "Cacoethes Scribendi"] by '''Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.'''		The term is the central theme of the 1891 poem [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44378/cacoethes-scribendi "Cacoethes Scribendi"] by '''Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.'''

	<~~poem~~>		<div style="margin-left:2em; font-style:italic;">
	If all the trees in all the woods were men;		If all the trees in all the woods were men;<br>
	And each and every blade of grass a pen;		And each and every blade of grass a pen;<br>
	If every leaf on every shrub and tree		If every leaf on every shrub and tree<br>
	Turned to a sheet of foolscap; every sea		Turned to a sheet of foolscap; every sea<br>
	Were changed to ink, and all earth's living tribes		Were changed to ink, and all earth's living tribes<br>
	Had nothing else to do but act as scribes,		Had nothing else to do but act as scribes,<br>
	And for ten thousand ages, day and night,		And for ten thousand ages, day and night,<br>
	The human race should write, and write, and write,		The human race should write, and write, and write,<br>
	Till all the pens and paper were used up,		Till all the pens and paper were used up,<br>
	And the huge inkstand was an empty cup,		And the huge inkstand was an empty cup,<br>
	Still would the scribblers clustered round its brink		Still would the scribblers clustered round its brink<br>
	Call for more pens, more paper, and more ink.		Call for more pens, more paper, and more ink.
	</~~poem~~>		</div>

	== Transliteration ==		== Transliteration ==