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cacothymias

cacothymias is the plural of cacothymia.

Meaning of cacothymia

Noun

cacothymia (plural cacothymias)

  1. An unbalanced state of mind; a mental or glandular disorder as from a malfunctioning thymus gland.
    • ‘This peevish attention to cleanliness, Jack, this busy preoccupation with dirt,’ said Stephen, shaking his head at the fire, ‘has something of the Brahminical superstition about it. It is not very far removed from nastiness, Jack – from cacothymia.’1972, Patrick O'Brian, Post Captain

Questions about cacothymias

What is cacothymias the plural of?
Cacothymias is the plural of cacothymia.

Words near cacothymias in the dictionary

  1. cacosmia
  2. cacospongionolide
  3. cacospongionolides
  4. cacosyntheton
  5. cacothymia
  6. cacothymias
  7. cacotopia
  8. cacotopian
  9. cacotopias
  10. cacotrophia
  11. cacotrophic

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