Cacoethes Explained

Cacoethes (Latin: cacoēthes||mania; disease|links=no) may refer to:

• Cacoethes (horse) (1986–2009), American-bred British-trained race horse
• Cacoethes (moth), a genus of tiger moths, taxonomic synonym for Amata
• Rheinhold Cacoethes, a fictional character in The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac, based on Kenneth Rexroth

See also

• Mania, a mental and behavioral disorder
• Cacoethes scribendi (lit. 'insatiable desire to write') at List of Latin phrases (C)