Meanings
comparative more cacodaemoniacal · superlative most cacodaemoniacal · alternative cacodemoniacal
- Demonic; evil.
I fled as a man flies from dream to baleful dream of some cacodemoniacal night.
1960, Clark Ashton Smith, The Abominations of Yondo1 more example
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.
1921, HP Lovecraft, The Nameless CitySynonyms: demoniac, devilish, diabolic, daemonical, demoniac, demoniacal, demonic, demonical
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDemonic; evil.
Origin
- Englishcacodemoniac
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishcacodaemoniacal
From cacodemoniac + -al.
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