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English
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
accidie (uncountable)
- (now literary) Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy.
1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 363:Underneath the surface excitements the demon of accidie had her by the hair.
Translations
general listlessness and apathy
Anagrams
Italian
Noun
accidie f
- plural of accidia
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman accidie and Old French accide, accidie, from Late Latin accīdia, alteration of earlier acēdia, from Ancient Greek ἀκήδεια (akḗdeia).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aksiˈdiː(ə)/, /ˈaksidiː(ə)/
Noun
accidie
- sloth; slothfulness
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Parsons Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC:
Aftere þe synnes of Envie I wil speke of þe synne of Accidie.- After the sins of Envy I will speak of the sin of Sloth.
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