Accidie

//ˈæk.sə.di// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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

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

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acediaindolence

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

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.

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