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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”) | * ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%82 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 === | ||
* IPA: /ˌkækəʊˈiːθiːz/ | * IPA: /ˌkækəʊˈiːθiːz/ | ||
* Audio: [[File:Cacoethes_MorMurdoch_Pronunciation.ogg]] | |||
* Hyphenation: ca·co·e·thes | * Hyphenation: ca·co·e·thes | ||
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# Compulsion; mania; an often irresistible urge (especially toward something harmful or ill-advised). | # Compulsion; mania; an often irresistible urge (especially toward something harmful or ill-advised). | ||
#* ''The ''cacoethes scribendi'' | #* ''The ''cacoethes scribendi'', the itch to write, has ruined many a peaceful life.'' | ||
#* ''He spoke of an incurable ''cacoethes'' for contradiction.'' | #* ''He spoke of an incurable ''cacoethes'' for contradiction.'' | ||
# | # (medicine, obsolete) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; a malignant tumour or ulcer. | ||
#* ''Physicians once used ''cacoethes'' for stubborn, malignant ulcers.'' | #* ''Physicians once used ''cacoethes'' for stubborn, malignant ulcers.'' | ||
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* cacoethical | * cacoethical | ||
* cacoethically | * cacoethically | ||
== Video Example == | == Video Example == | ||
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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.''' | |||
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If all the trees in all the woods were men;<br> | |||
And each and every blade of grass a pen;<br> | |||
If every leaf on every shrub and tree<br> | |||
Turned to a sheet of foolscap; every sea<br> | |||
Were changed to ink, and all earth's living tribes<br> | |||
Had nothing else to do but act as scribes,<br> | |||
And for ten thousand ages, day and night,<br> | |||
The human race should write, and write, and write,<br> | |||
Till all the pens and paper were used up,<br> | |||
And the huge inkstand was an empty cup,<br> | |||
Still would the scribblers clustered round its brink<br> | |||
Call for more pens, more paper, and more ink. | |||
</div> | |||
== Transliteration == | |||
* Zhuyin (non-tonal): ㄎㄚ ㄎㄡ ㄧ ㄙ | |||
* Katakana: カコエーシーズ | |||
* 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. | |||