CACOETHES Meaning of CACOETHES in English [ ˌkakəʊ'i:θi:z ]■ noun rare an urge to do something inadvisable.OriginC16: via L. from Gk kakoēthes 'ill-disposed'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004