Etymology

cacothymia

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Today it means: An unbalanced state of mind; a mental or glandular disorder as from a malfunctioning thymus gland. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κακός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκακός“bad”
  2. English todaycacothymia

From caco- + -thymia. From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + θύμος (thúmos, “warty excresence like a thyme bud; the thymus gland”).

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Ancient Greekκακός all →

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