cacoete
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== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Learned borrowing from Latin cacoēthes, from Ancient Greek κακόηθες (kakóēthes), neuter singular of κακοήθης (kakoḗthēs, “ill-disposed”), from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + ἦθος (êthos, “disposition, nature”).
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: ca‧co‧e‧te
=== Noun ===
cacoete m (plural cacoetes)
tic (repetitive habit)
grimace
=== Further reading ===
“cacoete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“cacoete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026