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accidie.

Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy.

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈæk.sɪ.di/UK/ˈæk.sə.di/US
  1. Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy.

    literary · uncountable
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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