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語源

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.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.sɪ.di/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈæk.sə.di/

名詞

accidie (uncountable)

1. (now literary) Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy. [from 13th c.]
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 363:

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

アナグラム

• cecidia