cacodemoncacodaemonn.

/kakəʊˈdiːmən/

Etymology: < Greek κακοδαίμων evil genius; also adj. possessed by an evil genius, ill-starred; whence sense 2.

a. An evil spirit.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > genius > evil genius

malus genius1538

cacodemon1594

evil genius1688

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ii. xix. 45 Plato in Cuneo callith the deuyll Cachodemon, that is to vnderstonde knowynge euyll.]

1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night in Wks. (1883–4) III. 267 Anie terror, the least illusion in the earth, is a Cacodæmon vnto him.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 144 Leaue the world Thou Cacodemon .

1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 177 Nor was the Dog a Cacodæmon, But a true Dog.

1728 E. Young Love of Fame ii, in Wks. (1757) I. 95 Poor negroes, thus, to show their burning spite To cacodæmons, say, they're dev'lish white.

1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 93 To make the pagan divinities hateful, they were stigmatized as cacodæmons.

†b. Medicine. A name for nightmare. New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon

ΚΠ

1811 in R. Hooper Quincy's Lexicon-medicum (new ed.)

c. transferred. Applied to persons, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > person of bad character

argha1275

noughty packc1520

dunghill1542

land-rat1600

black sheep1640

cacodemon1711

mauvais sujet1793

bad lot1835

badmash1843

rotter1879

wrong 'un1892

wrongo1937

1711 S. Centlivre Mar-plot iv. i. 50 The old Cacademon is gone into that House.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. ii. 23 My miller's thumb—my prince of caco-dæmons—my little mouse.

1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 420 Untaught by their parents to know better, these little cacodemons, etc.

2. Astrology. The Twelfth House (or Scheme) in a figure of the Heavens, so called from its baleful signification.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > astrology > judicial astrology > horoscope > [noun] > house

cacodemon1639

eudemon1706

1639 J. Fletcher et al. Bloody Brother iv. ii. sig. G*3^v Then Jupiter in the twelve, the Cacodemon.

1721–90 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cacodemon
释义	cacodemoncacodaemonn. /kakəʊˈdiːmən/ Etymology: < Greek κακοδαίμων evil genius; also adj. possessed by an evil genius, ill-starred; whence sense 2. 1. a. An evil spirit. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > genius > evil genius malus genius1538 cacodemon1594 evil genius1688 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) ii. xix. 45 Plato in Cuneo callith the deuyll Cachodemon, that is to vnderstonde knowynge euyll.] 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night in Wks. (1883–4) III. 267 Anie terror, the least illusion in the earth, is a Cacodæmon vnto him. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iii. 144 Leaue the world Thou Cacodemon . View more context for this quotation 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. iii. 177 Nor was the Dog a Cacodæmon, But a true Dog. 1728 E. Young Love of Fame ii, in Wks. (1757) I. 95 Poor negroes, thus, to show their burning spite To cacodæmons, say, they're dev'lish white. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 93 To make the pagan divinities hateful, they were stigmatized as cacodæmons. †b. Medicine. A name for nightmare. New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon ΚΠ 1811 in R. Hooper Quincy's Lexicon-medicum (new ed.) c. transferred. Applied to persons, etc. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [noun] > person of bad character argha1275 noughty packc1520 dunghill1542 land-rat1600 black sheep1640 cacodemon1711 mauvais sujet1793 bad lot1835 badmash1843 rotter1879 wrong 'un1892 wrongo1937 1711 S. Centlivre Mar-plot iv. i. 50 The old Cacademon is gone into that House. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. ii. 23 My miller's thumb—my prince of caco-dæmons—my little mouse. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 420 Untaught by their parents to know better, these little cacodemons, etc. 2. Astrology. The Twelfth House (or Scheme) in a figure of the Heavens, so called from its baleful signification. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > astrology > judicial astrology > horoscope > [noun] > house cacodemon1639 eudemon1706 1639 J. Fletcher et al. Bloody Brother iv. ii. sig. G3^v Then Jupiter in the twelve, the Cacodemon. 1721–90 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.* This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1594
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