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Cacoethes
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.
(2):
(n.) A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoethes scribendi, "The itch for writing".
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Cacoethes'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/cacoethes.html. 1828.