accidie

名词 n.
/ˈæk.sɪ.di/    /ˈæk.sə.di/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy. literary,uncountable
    — Underneath the surface excitements the demon of accidie had her by the hair.

词源

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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