"cacodemon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kækəˈdiːmən/ Forms: cacodemons [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn, “ill-starred”, from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + δαίμων (daímōn, “genius, divinity”)). Etymology templates: {{com|grc|κακός|δαίμων|nocat=1|t1=bad|t2=genius, divinity}} κακός (kakós, “bad”) + δαίμων (daímōn, “genius, divinity”), {{uder|en|grc|κακοδαίμων||ill-starred|pos=from <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">κακός</i> (kakós, “bad”) + <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">δαίμων</i> (daímōn, “genius, divinity”)}} Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn, “ill-starred”, from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + δαίμων (daímōn, “genius, divinity”)) Head templates: {{en-noun}} cacodemon (plural cacodemons)
  1. An evil or malevolent spirit. Translations (evil or malevolent spirit): зъл дух (zǎl duh) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 邪靈 (Chinese Mandarin), 邪灵 (xiélíng) (Chinese Mandarin), cacodemon [masculine] (Dutch), kakodeemon (Estonian), pahantahtoinen henki (Finnish), kakodemoni (Finnish), cacodémon [masculine] (French), Kakodämon [masculine] (German), kakodémon (Hungarian), cacodemone [masculine] (Italian), aparangi (Maori), cacodemônio [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), cacodemónio [Europe, masculine] (Portuguese), какоде́мон (kakodémon) [masculine] (Russian), cacodemonio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-cacodemon-en-noun-nmiSMAEn Disambiguation of 'evil or malevolent spirit': 98 2
  2. The twelfth astrological House, from which only evil prognostics are alleged to proceed. Categories (topical): Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-cacodemon-en-noun-Mz8Q6wNO Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 16 84 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with caco-, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English undefined derivations, Pages with raw sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 3 97 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 3 97 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with caco-: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 97 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with raw sortkeys: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cacodaemon, cacodæmon, kakodæmon, kakodaimon Related terms: cacodaemoniacal, cacodaemonic, cacodemonic, daemonic, demonic, daemon, demon, eudaemon

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