accidie

[ ak-si-dee ]

/ ˈæk sɪ di /

noun

Nearby words

accidentalism, accidentally, accidentally on purpose, accidently, accidentology, accidie, accipiter, accipitral, accipitrine, accius, acclaim

Origin of accidie

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

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Examples from the Web for accidie

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
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
During the great war the disease of accidie was prevalent in prison camps, as any account of Ruhleben shows very clearly.
Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535|Eileen Edna Power
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

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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