accidie

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Definition of accidie in English English dictionary

Sloth; torpor

The sin of accidie - Geoffrey Chaucer.

{i} acedia, apathy, listlessness, indifference; boredom; torpor

Hyphenation

ac·ci·die

Etymology

() Old French accide, accidie, from Late Latin accīdia, alternative form of acēdia (“sloth, torpor”), from Ancient Greek ἀκήδεια (akēdeia, “indifference”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + κῆδος (kēdos, “care”).