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accidie

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈæk.sɪ.di/Sorted accdeiiStarts with AEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

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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  • Underneath the surface excitements the demon of accidie had her by the hair.

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