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cacodaemon

/kækəˈdiːmən/

cacodaemon noun: a wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).

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.
  3. (obsolete) A nightmare.

cacodaemon meaning in Bengali

cacodaemon in Bengali

দ্বাদশ জ্যোতিষশাস্ত্রীয় ঘর, দুঃস্বপ্ন

Forms of cacodaemon

pluralcacodaemons
alternative formcacodemon
alternative formcacodæmon

Origin of cacodaemon

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

Questions about cacodaemon

What does cacodaemon mean?
Cacodaemon means a wicked or malevolent spirit as opposed to agathodemon (a good spirit).
What is cacodaemon in Bengali?
Cacodaemon in Bengali is দ্বাদশ জ্যোতিষশাস্ত্রীয় ঘর, দুঃস্বপ্ন. See Cacodaemon meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is cacodaemon?
Cacodaemon is a noun.
How do you pronounce cacodaemon?
Cacodaemon is pronounced /kækəˈdiːmən/.
What is the plural of cacodaemon?
The plural of cacodaemon is cacodaemons.

Words near cacodaemon in the dictionary

  1. cacochymic
  2. cacochymical
  3. cacochymies
  4. cacochymy
  5. cacocracy
  6. cacodaemon
  7. cacodaemoniacal
  8. cacodaemonic
  9. cacodaemons
  10. cacodemon
  11. cacodemonia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cacodaemon (page history and authors); cacodaemon (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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