cacodaemoniacal

English

Alternative forms

• cacodemoniacal

Etymology

From cacodemoniac +‎ -al.

Adjective

cacodaemoniacal (comparative more cacodaemoniacal, superlative most cacodaemoniacal)

1. Demonic; evil.
   • 1921, HP Lovecraft, The Nameless City:

     I have said that the fury of the rushing blast was infernal — cacodaemoniacal — and that its voices were hideous with the pent-up viciousness of desolate eternities.

   • 1960, Clark Ashton Smith, The Abominations of Yondo:

     I fled as a man flies from dream to baleful dream of some cacodemoniacal night.

Quotations

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Related terms

• cacodaemonical
• cacodaemon
• daemonic
• daemon