Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—C

Cacoethes

(Greek). A “bad habit.”

Cacoethes loquendi.
A passion for making speeches or for talking.

Cacoethes scribendi.
The love of rushing into print; a mania for authorship.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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