accidie

American  

[ak-si-dee] / ˈæk sɪ di /

noun

1. acedia.

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accidie British  

/ ˈæksɪdɪ /

noun

1. spiritual sloth; apathy; indifference

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Etymology

Origin of accidie

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

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times

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.

From New York Times

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg