cacothymia

English - Turkish

Definition of cacothymia in English Turkish dictionary

(Tıp) Ahlak bozukluğuna uzanan mizaç değişikliği ile belirgin akıl hastalığı

English - English

Definition of cacothymia in English English dictionary

An unbalanced state of mind; a mental or glandular disorder as from a malfunctioning thymus gland

This peevish attention to cleanliness, Jack, this busy preoccupation with dirt,’ said Stephen, shaking his head at the fire, ‘has something of the Brahminical superstition about it. It is not very far removed from nastiness, Jack – from cacothymia.’.

a unbalanced state of mind; a mental or glandular disorder as from a malfunctioning thymus gland

Etymology

() From Ancient Greek κακός (“bad”) + θύμος (“warty excresence like a thyme bud; the thymus gland”).