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† ˈcacoethe, -eth, a. Obs. rare. [a. F. cacoèthe, ad. Gr. κακοήθης: see next. But in the examples, the word may represent L. cacoēthē pl. of the n.] Of an ill habit; malignant (as a disease).
1541R. Copland Galyen's Terap. 2 C iv b, It had ben better to haue called them [ulcers] Cacoethe, that is to say wycked, and nat inueterate. 1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 119 It helpes hardnesses, that are called cocoëth. |