cacothymia
名词 n.
英 /kakəʊˈθʌɪmɪə/
英文释义
名词 n.
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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.’
词形变化
词源
From caco- + -thymia.
From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + θύμος (thúmos, “warty excresence like a thyme bud; the thymus gland”).
From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + θύμος (thúmos, “warty excresence like a thyme bud; the thymus gland”).
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