cacodaemon

See also: cacodæmon

English

Alternative forms

• cacodemon
• cacodæmon

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn), from κακός (kakós, “bad, evil”) and δαίμων (daímōn, “divinity, genius”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kækəˈdiːmən/

Noun

cacodaemon (plural cacodaemons)

1. A wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).
2. Twelfth astrological House, from which only evil prognostics are alleged to proceed. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (obsolete) A nightmare.

Related terms

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

See also

• agathodemon
• eudaemon