English Explanatory Dictionary

cacothymia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unbalanced state of mind; a mental or glandular disorder as from a malfunctioning thymus gland.

Pronunciation

/kakəʊˈθʌɪmɪə/

Word forms

cacothymia cacothymias

Etymology

From caco- + -thymia. From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + θύμος (thúmos, “warty excresence like a thyme bud; the thymus gland”).

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