acedia

From Latin acēdia. Doublet of accidie.

• IPA^(key): /əˈsiːdɪə/

acedia (uncountable)

1. Spiritual or mental sloth.

   Synonyms: accedie, ennui, weltschmerz

2. Apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference.

   Synonyms: apathy, indifference

3. Boredom. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

• acediast

• aeacid

Borrowed from Late Latin acēdia, from Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā, “negligence”). Doublet of accidia.

• IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃɛ.dja/
• Rhymes: -ɛdja
• Hyphenation: a‧cè‧dia

acedia f (plural acedie)

1. acedia

• acedia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• accīdia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā, “negligence”), which is derived from κῆδος (kêdos, “care, accuracy”).[1]

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈkeː.di.a/, [äˈkeːd̪iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃe.di.a/, [äˈt͡ʃɛːd̪iä]

acēdia f (genitive acēdiae); first declension

1. sloth, torpor

First-declension noun.

• → Catalan: acèdia
• → English: acedia
• → Italian: accidia
• → Old English: accidia
  • Middle English: accidia
    • English: accidia
• → Old French: accide, accidie
  • → Middle English: accidie
    • English: accidie
  • Middle French: accide
    • French: accide
• → Portuguese: acédia
• → Polish: acedia (learned)
• → Spanish: acedía

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈkeː.di.aː/, [äˈkeːd̪iäː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃe.di.a/, [äˈt͡ʃɛːd̪iä]

acēdiā f

1. ablative singular of acēdia

• acedia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Learned borrowing from Latin acedia, from Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā).[1] First attested in 1870.[2]

• IPA^(key): /aˈt͡sɛ.dja/
• Rhymes: -ɛdja
• Syllabification: a‧ce‧dia

acedia f

1. acedia (spiritual or mental sloth)

• acedia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

acedia

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of aceder