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cacoethes
noun
[ ˌkakəʊˈiːθiːz ]
• an urge to do something inadvisable.
Origin:
mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek kakoēthes ‘ill-disposed’, from kakos ‘bad’ + ēthos ‘disposition’.
