English Explanatory Dictionary

cacodaemon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).
  2. Twelfth astrological House, from which only evil prognostics are alleged to proceed.
  3. A nightmare.

Pronunciation

/kækəˈdiːmən/

Word forms

cacodaemon cacodaemons cacodemon cacodæmon

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn), from κακός (kakós, “bad, evil”) and δαίμων (daímōn, “divinity, genius”).

Related words

cacodaemoniacal cacodaemonic cacodemonic daemon daemonic demon demonic agathodemon eudaemon
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