accidie

[ ak-si-dee ]

/ ˈæk sɪ di /

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noun

acedia.

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Origin of accidie

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

Words nearby accidie

accident boat, accident insurance, accidentology, accident-prone, accident proneness, accidie, accipiter, accipitral, accipitrine, Accius, acclaim

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How to use accidie in a sentence

Gif me hit nat naut; enne is hit gemeles vnder accidie at ich sloue cleopede.
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250|Various
You hardly know why, but everything seems to go wrong; you seem oppressed with what old writers called "accidie."
The Potter and the Clay|Arthur F. Winnington Ingram
So when you think of these three men, it cannot be middle age or old age that really produce this accidie.
The Potter and the Clay|Arthur F. Winnington Ingram
Envye and Ire maken bitternesse in herte; which bitternesse is moder of Accidie and binimeth him the love of alle goodnesse.
Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535|Eileen Edna Power

Such was the deadly sin of accidie, the name of which is forgotten today, though the thing itself is with us still.
Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535|Eileen Edna Power

British Dictionary definitions for accidie

accidie

acedia

/ (ˈæksɪdɪ) /

noun

spiritual sloth; apathy; indifference

Word Origin for accidie

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

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