Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In pathology, a disordered state of the mind.
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- noun An unbalanced state of mind; a mental or glandular
disorder as from a malfunctioningthymus gland.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek κακός ("bad") + θύμος ("warty excresence like a thyme bud; the thymus gland").
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