Cacoethes: Difference between revisions
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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.'' | ||