noun
Meaning 1
An evil or malevolent spirit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cacodemon
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/kækəˈdiːmən/
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noun
Meaning 2
The twelfth astrological House, from which only evil prognostics are alleged to proceed.
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noun
Meaning 3
an evil spirit
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cacodaemon
Antonyms: eudemon
Broader terms: evil spirit
History
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn, “ill-starred”, from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + δαίμων (daímōn, “genius, divinity”)). By surface analysis, caco- + demon.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: зъл дух (zǎl duh) — evil or malevolent spirit
- Chinese Mandarin: 邪靈 /邪灵 (xiélíng) — evil or malevolent spirit
- Dutch: cacodemon — evil or malevolent spirit
- Estonian: kakodeemon — evil or malevolent spirit
- Finnish: pahantahtoinen henki — evil or malevolent spirit
- Finnish: kakodemoni — evil or malevolent spirit
- French: cacodémon — evil or malevolent spirit
- German: Kakodämon — evil or malevolent spirit
- Hungarian: kakodémon — evil or malevolent spirit
- Italian: cacodemone — evil or malevolent spirit
- Māori: aparangi — evil or malevolent spirit
- Portuguese: cacodemônio — evil or malevolent spirit
- Portuguese: cacodemónio — evil or malevolent spirit
- Russian: какоде́мон (kakodémon) — evil or malevolent spirit
- Spanish: cacodemonio — evil or malevolent spirit