Cacodemon

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An evil spirit; a devil.
  • noun. In medicine, the nightmare.
  • noun. In astrology, the twelfth house of a scheme or figure of the heavens: so called from its signifying dreadful things, such as secret enemies, great losses, imprisonment, etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An evil spirit; a devil or demon.
  • noun. The nightmare.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. An evil or malevolent spirit.
  • noun. The twelfth astrological House, from which only evil prognostics are alleged to proceed.
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  • noun. an evil spirit
  • Word Usage
    "But his cacodemon is puny and he himself absolutely crumples once in Fillory."
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