accidie

[ak-si-dee]

noun

1. acedia.

accidie

/ ˈæksɪdɪ /

noun

1. spiritual sloth; apathy; indifference

Word History and Origins

Origin of accidie¹

1200–50; Middle English < Medieval Latin accīdia (alteration of Late Latin acēdia acedia ); replacing Middle English accide < Old French

Word History and Origins

Origin of accidie¹

in use c13 to c16 and revived c19: via Late Latin from Greek akēdia, from _a- ¹ + kēdos care

Example Sentences

And this book about “million-dollar babies” has a lot of million-dollar words: etiolated, accidie, budgerigar.

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For Ms. Didion, that was not just a literary but a spiritual exercise, conducted in opposition to what she calls the “accidie” — the moral torpor — of the late 1960s.

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During the great war the disease of accidie was prevalent in prison camps, as any account of Ruhleben shows very clearly.

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After the sinnes of Envie and of Ire, now wol I speken of the sinne of Accidie.

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For Envye blindeth the herte of a man, and Ire troubleth a man; and Accidie maketh him hevy, thoghtful and wrawe.

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