noun · rare

cacodemon

cacodemon · cacodemons

какодемон

Kakodämon

An evil or malevolent spiritAn evil or malevolent spirit.

/kækəˈdiːmən/

Meaning

2 senses

An evil or malevolent spirit.
Kakodämon
какоде́монkakodémon
an evil spirit
The twelfth astrological House, from which only evil prognostics are alleged to proceed.

Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

evil or malevolent spirit:

Deutsch

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evil or malevolent spirit:

Origin

From Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn, “ill-starred”, from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + δαίμ

From Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn, “ill-starred”, from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + δαίμων (daímōn, “genius, divinity”)). By surface analysis, caco- + demon.

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