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accidie en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæk.sə.di/ (US)
  • /ˈæk.sɪ.di/ (UK)
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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.

Meanings

  1. (literary, uncountable) Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy.
    • Underneath the surface excitements the demon of accidie had her by the hair. 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 363:

Relateds

acedia

Translations (10)

pt acídia (general listlessness and apathy) · pl apatia (general listlessness and apathy) · es acidia (general listlessness and apathy) · nl acedia (general listlessness and apathy) · nl traagheid (general listlessness and apathy) · fr flemme (general listlessness and apathy) · nl apathie (general listlessness and apathy) · fr paresse (general listlessness and apathy) · nl luiheid (general listlessness and apathy) · ca acídia (general listlessness and apathy)