Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kakodaimon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kako-dai-mon
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of cacodemon.

Example Sentences

"For meanwhile the Church had decided that all the classic influences, Eudaimons or Good Spirits as well as Kakodaimons or Bad Spirits were devils."
"Because he was the friend of an archangel, the kakodaimons of the Brown Kingdom hated him; […]"
"[…] these kakodaimons seem to guard the very entrance into heaven; […]"
"Yet, thou dark man, I shall not see thee more, / King of these kakodaimons—but a king!"
"In the Egyptian, Grecian, and, above all, the Roman theogonies it is not always easily discernible whether the ‘spirits’ to which men appeal for help or success in their enterprises are good or evil, and Iamblichus and Porphyry exhibit a diverting confusion between angels and demons, good and evil spirits, eudaimons and kakodaimons."
"By making an offering to a kakodaimon, you obligate it to you and thus can direct it in healthier and more beneficial ways."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn). By surface analysis, kako- + daimon.

Inflected Forms

kakodaimons (plural)

Questions

What does kakodaimon mean?: Alternative form of cacodemon.
Where does kakodaimon come from?: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κακοδαίμων (kakodaímōn). By surface analysis, kako- + daimon.

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