cacoethes
/ˌkakəʊˈiːθiːz
/noun [in singular] rare
An urge to do something inadvisable.The serial killer was unable to control his desire to maim; he had a cacoethes for hurting innocent people....
- And, it does so without engaging in sophistry, for the true horror writer is consumed by a cacoethes to engage his moral imagination, to reveal a sliver of the transcendent.
- We began as two guys with a cacoethes for creating simple, effective and sustainable solutions that will help to save environment, people and business.
Origin
Mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek kakoēthes 'ill-disposed', from kakos 'bad' + ēthos 'disposition'.
- unrequest
- unrequested
- unrequired
- unrequisite
- unrequitable
- unrequital
- unrequited
- unrequitedly
- unrequitedness
- unrequitement
- unrequiter
- unrescinded
- unrescued
- unresearched
- unresemblant
- unresemble
- from soup to nuts
- from stem to stern
- from strength
- from the (bottom of one's) heart
- from the bottom up
- from the dead
- from the floor
- from the ground up
- from the horse's mouth