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)
- A wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).
- Twelfth astrological House, from which only evil prognostics are alleged to proceed. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (obsolete) A nightmare.
Related terms
- cacodaemoniacal
- cacodaemonic
- cacodemonic
- daemonic
- demonic
- daemon
- demon
See also
- agathodemon
- eudaemon