accidie.
Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy.
Meaning & usage
Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy.
Where this word comes from
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.
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