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Thursday, August 12, 2021

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9 comments:

Hachita said...: Per Merriam-Webster: an insatiable desire; August 12, 2021 at 5:11 PM
Postictal said...: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable.; August 12, 2021 at 6:02 PM
Marlin Andrus said...: Smoke house deli.; August 12, 2021 at 7:53 PM
Miquel said...: cacoethes (n.)
"itch for doing something," 1560s, from Latinized form of Greek kakoēthēs "ill-habit, wickedness, itch for doing (something)," from kakos "bad" (from PIE root *kakka- "to defecate") + ēthē- "disposition, character" (see ethos). Most famously, in Juvenal's insanabile scribendi cacoethes "incurable passion for writing."; August 13, 2021 at 4:58 AM
KW said...: what Postictal said; August 13, 2021 at 7:04 AM
Todd said...: an irresistible urge to do something inadvisable; August 13, 2021 at 9:03 AM
Milton said...: cacoethes - dang, not the flying again I hope. Whatever it is, have fun John.; August 13, 2021 at 10:59 AM
remmij said...: cacoëthes noun - Yandex image search
latin phrases
…why?; August 13, 2021 at 3:44 PM
remmij said...: QR; August 13, 2021 at 3:59 PM

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