单词 | cacoethes |
例句 | But my physician informs me that I have got the "cacoethes scribendi," which he says is as bad as the small-pox, toothache, and yellow fever. Doesticks, What He Says 2012-03-14T02:00:27.940Z We quite agree with Admiral Smyth when he says, "It is a pity that Mr. Brydone laboured under such a cacoethes, as to sacrifice a friend for the sake of a good story." Etna A History of the Mountain and of its Eruptions We Americans are a very peculiar people, and but little affected, as yet, with the cacoethes scribendi; a malady which the present work, in its humble sphere, is designed to disseminate. North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 I do not believe that there are any cases of the cacoethes subscribendi. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 101, March, 1866 Casting my eyes round the circle, I was struck with the singular prevalence of the cacoethes scribendi, among so many men of different educations, antecedents, and pursuits. Recollections of Europe If, however, I may mention my own small experience of this matter, literary talent, or at all events authorship, is hereditary, especially in these days of that general epidemic, the "cacoethes scribendi." My Life as an Author We have a considerable cacoethes of speech-making, among the orators being Professor Blackie of Edinburgh, whose quaint comicalities convulse his audience. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places But in his old age he had fallen a prey to the cacoethes scribendi; he insisted upon having his say about everything, yet his stock of ideas had long since run out. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller And this result of her contacts with Courtier, this 'cacoethes volandi', and feeling of clipped wings, hurt her—as being forbidden hurts a child. The Patrician Among the rest she was seized with what we men call a cacoethes of the needle: "a raging desire" for work. White Lies |
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