cacothymia

cacothymia
noun /kakəʊˈθʌɪmɪə/
An unbalanced state of mind; a mental or glandular disorder as from a malfunctioning thymus gland.

‘This peevish attention to cleanliness, Jack, this busy preoccupation with dirt,’ said Stephen, shaking his head at the fire, ‘has something of the Brahminical superstition about it. It is not very far removed from nastiness, Jack – from cacothymia.’


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  • caco- — see cac * * * a combining form meaning bad, occurring in loanwords from Greek (cacodemon); on this model, used in the formation of compound words (cacogenics). [ < Gk, comb. form of kakós] * * * caco /ka kō or sometimes ka ko / combining form… …   Useful english dictionary

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