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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn), from κακός (kakós, “bad, evil”) and δαίμων (daímōn, “divinity, genius”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cacodaemon (plural cacodaemons)
- A wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).
- Twelfth astrological House, from which only evil prognostics are alleged to proceed. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (obsolete) A nightmare.
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