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Definition of Accidie
1. n. Sloth; torpor.
Definition of Accidie
1. Noun. (context: now literary) Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy. (defdate from 13th c.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Accidie
1. acedia [n -S] - See also: acedia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Accidie
Literary usage of Accidie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury (1903)
"But accidie dooth no swich diligence; he dooth alle thing with anoy, ...
and certes, to alle thise thinges is accidie enemy and contrarie. ..."
2. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"Another estate is the estate of grace, in which estate he is holden to werkes of
penitence : and certes, to all thise thing» is accidie enemie and contrary, ..."
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