accidie

noun
/ˈæk.sɪ.di/UK/ˈæk.sə.di/US

Etymology

From Middle English accidie, from Anglo-Norman accidie, Old French accide, accidie, from Late Latin accīdia, alteration of acēdia (“sloth, torpor”), from Ancient Greek ἀκήδεια (akḗdeia, “indifference”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κῆδος (kêdos, “care”). Doublet of acedia.

  1. derived from ἀκήδεια
  2. derived from accīdia
  3. derived from accide
  4. derived from accidie
  5. inherited from accidie

Definitions

  1. Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy.

    • Underneath the surface excitements the demon of accidie had her by the hair.

The neighborhood

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