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English
Noun
accidia (uncountable)
- Alternative form of acedia (“sloth”)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin acēdia.[1] Doublet of acedia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /atˈt͡ʃi.dja/
- Rhymes: -idja
- Hyphenation: ac‧cì‧dia
Noun
accidia f (plural accidie)
- sloth, acedia
Derived terms
References
- ^ “accidia” in: Alberto Nocentini, Alessandro Parenti, “l'Etimologico — Vocabolario della lingua italiana”, Le Monnier, 2010, →ISBN
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation 1
Noun
accīdia f (genitive accīdiae); first declension
- Alternative form of acēdia
Declension
First-declension noun.
Pronunciation 2
Noun
accīdiā f
- ablative singular of accīdia
References
- accidia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Moore, Christopher (2004). In Other Words. New York: Walker Pub. →ISBN.