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Definition of cacoethes : 1. A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoethes scribendi, The itch for writing.
2. A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.

Synonyms:

warmth, passionateness, mania, passion, manic disorder, rage, love, heat

Usage examples:

• But my physician informs me that I have got the " cacoethes scribendi," which he says is as bad as the small- pox, toothache, and yellow fever. - "Doesticks, What He Says", Q. K. Philander Doesticks.
• But in his old age he had fallen a prey to the cacoethes scribendi; he insisted upon having his say about everything, yet his stock of ideas had long since run out. - "The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller", Calvin Thomas.
• The recovery of the Trimalchionian episode, and the subsequent pamphleteering would by no means eradicate this " cacoethes emendandi." - "The Satyricon, Complete", Petronius Arbiter.