cacodemon
/ˌkakə(ʊ)ˈdiːmən
/(also cacodaemon)
noun rare
A malevolent spirit or person.Margaret calls him ‘cacodemon’ and ‘devil’, and any unity that the characters have on stage is temporary and superficial....
- Although they're hovering, the cacodemons can be lured into chokepoints like doorways and halls.
- Cacodemon reproduction has not yet been observed, and youth specimens of cacodemon have never been found.
Origin
Late 16th century: from Greek kakodaimōn, from kakos 'bad' + daimōn 'spirit'.
Rhymes
- defendant
- defender
- Defender of the Faith
- defenestrate
- defenestration
- defense
- defenseless
- defenseman
- defensibility
- defensible
- defensibly
- defensive
- defensive coordinator
- defensive end
- defensive line
- defensive lineman
- defensively
- defensiveness
- defensive tackle
- defer
- deference
- deferent
- deferential
- deferentially
- deferment