Cacoethes (noun)
kak-oh-ee-thees
The urge to do something ill-advised
I suffer with this one quite often I fear. What a wonderful rare word. From the Greek kakos – bad, ethos – disposition.
Example sentences
“Sadly the two brothers had a cacoethes for creating mayhem wherever they went.”
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