cacodemon means an evil or malevolent spirit. It carries an Arena rating of 1670, earned across 80 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, cacodemon ranks #397 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say, #661 of 17,163 for Funniest Words, #850 of 17,124 for Most Sublime Words, #981 of 17,131 for Scariest Words.
cacodemon is pronounced /kækəˈdiːmən/.
Why “cacodemon” is a great word
CACODEMON — [Noun] An evil or malevolent spirit, or the twelfth astrological House considered a source of evil prognostics. From Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn, "ill-starred, having an evil genius"), from κακός (kakós, "bad") + δαίμων (daímōn, "spirit, divinity, genius"). First recorded in English 1585–95. Unlike "agathodemon," its benevolent antithesis, or the morally neutral "daimon," a cacodemon is malice made manifest. It is the rancid whisper in an empty corridor, the shadow that contracts just beyond the candle's ring, the fixed and baleful star in a nativity chart—the quiet certainty that some spirits are not indifferent, but are actively, constitutionally, against you.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn, “ill-starred”, from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + δαίμων (daímōn, “genius, divinity”)). By surface analysis, caco- + demon.
noun
- An evil or malevolent spirit.
- The twelfth astrological House, from which only evil prognostics are alleged to proceed.
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