accidie

== English == === Alternative forms === acedia === 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 === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæk.sɪ.di/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈæk.sə.di/ === Noun === accidie (uncountable) (now literary) Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy. [from 13th c.] ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === cecidia == 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 ==== Descendants ==== English: accidie ==== References ==== “accīdie, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.