accidie
English
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Etymology
- From Anglo-Norman accidie, Old French accide, accidie, from Late Latin accīdia, alteration of acēdia (“sloth, torpor”), from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS., from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS..
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
Noun
accidie (uncountable)
- (now literary) Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy. [from 13th c.]
- c. 1390, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Parson's Tale”, in Canterbury Tales:
- Aftere þe synnes of Envie I wil speke of þe synne of Accidie.
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 363:
- Underneath the surface excitements the demon of accidie had her by the hair.
Translations
general listlessness and apathy
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Italian
Noun
accidie f
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