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=== 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 ===

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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''.

=== 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.'''

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.

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== Transliteration ==

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* 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.

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 === 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 ===
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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''.
+=== 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.'''
+<div style="margin-left:2em; font-style:italic;">
+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 ==
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 * 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.