Definition of Cacoethes
an uncontrollable urge or desire to do something inadvisable
Examples of Cacoethes in a sentence
Kelsey had a cacoethes for pulling pranks at church. 🔊
Even smart people occasionally succumb to the cacoethes of eating raw cookie dough. 🔊
Jake’s cacoethes of talking out of turn caused a number of distractions in the classroom. 🔊
He quit twenty years ago but never ditched his cacoethes for drinking. 🔊
The toddler got a piece of candy for succumbing his cacoethes. 🔊
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