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TIL a new word: agathokakological

agathokakological

adjective

: composed of both good and evil


From Greek agath- (good) + kako- (bad) + -logical. Coined by poet Robert Southey, 1834.

"For indeed upon the agathokakological globe there are opposite qualities always to be found." — Robert Southey, The Doctor, 1834

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