cacodemon

English

Alternative forms

• cacodaemon, cacodæmon, kakodæmon, kakodaimon

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kækəˈdiːmən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

cacodemon (plural cacodemons)

1. An evil or malevolent spirit.
2. The twelfth astrological House, from which only evil prognostics are alleged to proceed.

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “malevolent spirit”): agathodemon

Derived terms

• cacodemonomania

Related terms

• cacodaemoniacal
• cacodaemonic
• cacodemonic
• daemon
• daemonic
• demon
• demonic

Translations

evil or malevolent spirit

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: зъл дух m (zăl duh)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 邪靈 / 邪灵 (zh) (xiélíng)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: cacodemon m
• Estonian: kakodeemon
• Finnish: pahantahtoinen henki, kakodemoni
• French: cacodémon (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Kakodämon m
• Hungarian: kakodémon
• Italian: cacodemone m
• Māori: aparangi
• Polish: kakodemon m anim
• Portuguese: cacodemônio m (Brazil), cacodemónio m (Europe)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: какоде́мон m (kakodémon)
• Spanish: cacodemonio m

See also

• eudaemon