agathokakological

[prettygoodword]

agathokakological or agathocacological (a-guh-thoh-KA-kuh-law-ji-kuhl) - (rare) adj., composed of both good and evil (or good and bad attributes).


Coined in the 1830s from Ancient Greek roots agathós, good + kakós, bad + an adjectival suffix. A very erudite word, so deploy it carefully.


And that wraps up a week of gigantic words -- and this time I return next week with the usual regular mix.

---L.

Comments

[full_metal_ox]

So it doesn’t mean, “This crap is right out of some melodramatic murder mystery?”

[prettygoodword]

Nope!

[lolaley]

Now I know that word kaka has Greek root 🫚

[prettygoodword]

Yup!

[med_cat]

I remember your sharing this word before! And I posted it for a New Year's Eve word, a couple or so years ago ;)

[prettygoodword]

I wasn't sure whether I'd run it before, and frankly the searching here is for crap.

[med_cat]

's not a problem, always a good word to see! It was quite a while back ;) And it might've even been another comm member.

[prettygoodword]

I have a vague memory I couldn't confirm that I had indeed posted it. Not that it's a bad word to post again, but it's an agathokakological situation.