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One who does nothing badly. It was a name given to Mercury or Hermēs for his eloquence. (Greek, a, not; kakos, bad.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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