"acedia" meaning in English

See acedia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /əˈsiːdɪə/ Forms: accedie [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d- Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂dos Proto-Hellenic *kā́dos Ancient Greek κῆδος (kêdos) Ancient Greek ἀκηδής (akēdḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā) Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā)bor. Latin acēdiabor. English acedia Borrowed from Latin acēdia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā), from ἀκηδής (akēdḗs, “careless”) + -ίᾱ (-íā). Doublet of accidie. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|la:acēdia|text=++|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d- Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂dos Proto-Hellenic *kā́dos Ancient Greek κῆδος (kêdos) Ancient Greek ἀκηδής (akēdḗs) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā) Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā)bor. Latin acēdiabor. English acedia [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "careless", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "un-", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "un-", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "not", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*né", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*n̥-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*ə-", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἀ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "gloss" : "care", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱeh₂d-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*ḱeh₂dos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*kā́dos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κῆδος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἀκηδής", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-i-eh₂", "id" : "i-extension", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "o-grade", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*-íā", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-ίᾱ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἀκηδίᾱ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "acēdia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "acedia", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="acedia"> Borrowed from Latin acēdia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā), from ἀκηδής (akēdḗs, “careless”) + -ίᾱ (-íā)., {{doublet|en|accidie}} Doublet of accidie Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} acedia (uncountable)
  1. (Christianity) Spiritual or mental sloth and the feeling it provokes; apathy or indifference; a lack of care or interest and the resultant avoidance of duties; a bored melancholy leading to desperation, restlessness and anxiety. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: accidie, ennui, Weltschmerz, listlessness, sluggishness Derived forms: acedious Related terms: accidie, acediast Translations (apathy): апатия (apatija) (Bulgarian), незаинтересованост (nezainteresovanost) (Bulgarian), akedia (Farefare), akedia (Finnish), Apathie [feminine] (German), Phlegma [neuter] (German), Trägheit [feminine] (German), Dumpfheit [feminine] (German), Gleichgültigkeit [feminine] (German), Leidenschaftslosigkeit [feminine] (German), Mattigkeit [feminine] (German), Schlappheit [feminine] (German), Teilnahmslosigkeit [feminine] (German), Unempfindlichkeit [feminine] (German), Stumpfsinn [masculine] (German), Schmachten [noun] (German), apatia [feminine] (Italian), apatia [feminine] (Polish) Translations (sloth): мързел (mărzel) (Bulgarian), akedia (Farefare), akedia (Finnish), acédie [feminine] (French), Faulheit f oder Trägheit f des Herzens (German), Geistes (German), οκνηρία (okniría) [feminine] (Greek), accidia [feminine] (Italian), acedia [feminine] (Polish), acedia [feminine] (Spanish)

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "la:acēdia",
        "text": "++",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *né\nProto-Indo-European *n̥-\nProto-Hellenic *ə-\nAncient Greek ἀ- (a-)\nProto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d-\nProto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂dos\nProto-Hellenic *kā́dos\nAncient Greek κῆδος (kêdos)\nAncient Greek ἀκηδής (akēdḗs)\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂\nProto-Hellenic *-íā\nAncient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)\nAncient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā)bor.\nLatin acēdiabor.\nEnglish acedia\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"gloss\" : \"careless\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"gloss\" : \"un-\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"un-\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"not\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"not\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*né\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*n̥-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"term\" : \"*ə-\", \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"ἀ-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" }, { \"gloss\" : \"care\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*ḱeh₂d-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*ḱeh₂dos\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"term\" : \"*kā́dos\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"κῆδος\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"ἀκηδής\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*-i-eh₂\", \"id\" : \"i-extension\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"o-grade\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"collective nouns\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-h₂\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-éh₂\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-éh₂\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"term\" : \"*-íā\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"-ίᾱ\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"ἀκηδίᾱ\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"acēdia\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"acedia\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"acedia\">\nBorrowed from Latin acēdia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā), from ἀκηδής (akēdḗs, “careless”) + -ίᾱ (-íā).",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "accidie"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of accidie",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *né\nProto-Indo-European *n̥-\nProto-Hellenic *ə-\nAncient Greek ἀ- (a-)\nProto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d-\nProto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂dos\nProto-Hellenic *kā́dos\nAncient Greek κῆδος (kêdos)\nAncient Greek ἀκηδής (akēdḗs)\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂\nProto-Hellenic *-íā\nAncient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)\nAncient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā)bor.\nLatin acēdiabor.\nEnglish acedia\nBorrowed from Latin acēdia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā), from ἀκηδής (akēdḗs, “careless”) + -ίᾱ (-íā). Doublet of accidie.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "accedie",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "acedia (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology texts",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 5 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymology trees",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with etymon",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Farefare translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Christianity",
          "orig": "en:Christianity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Emotions",
          "orig": "en:Emotions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "acedious"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Her acedia kept her trapped in a cycle of depression and torpor.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              32,
              38
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "year-2008, Kathleen Norris, Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life, Riverhead Books, page 6:",
          "text": "Yet I have come to believe that acedia can strike anyone whose work requires self - motivation and solitude",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Spiritual or mental sloth and the feeling it provokes; apathy or indifference; a lack of care or interest and the resultant avoidance of duties; a bored melancholy leading to desperation, restlessness and anxiety."
      ],
      "id": "en-acedia-en-noun-en:spiritual",
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "sloth",
          "sloth"
        ],
        [
          "apathy",
          "apathy"
        ],
        [
          "indifference",
          "indifference"
        ],
        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ],
        [
          "avoidance",
          "avoidance"
        ],
        [
          "duties",
          "duties"
        ],
        [
          "bored",
          "bored"
        ],
        [
          "melancholy",
          "melancholy"
        ],
        [
          "desperation",
          "desperation"
        ],
        [
          "restlessness",
          "restlessness"
        ],
        [
          "anxiety",
          "anxiety"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) Spiritual or mental sloth and the feeling it provokes; apathy or indifference; a lack of care or interest and the resultant avoidance of duties; a bored melancholy leading to desperation, restlessness and anxiety."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "accidie"
        },
        {
          "word": "acediast"
        }
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:spiritual"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "accidie"
        },
        {
          "word": "ennui"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weltschmerz"
        },
        {
          "word": "listlessness"
        },
        {
          "word": "sluggishness"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "mărzel",
          "sense": "sloth",
          "word": "мързел"
        },
        {
          "code": "gur",
          "lang": "Farefare",
          "lang_code": "gur",
          "sense": "sloth",
          "word": "akedia"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "sloth",
          "word": "akedia"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "sloth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "acédie"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "sloth",
          "word": "Faulheit f oder Trägheit f des Herzens"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "sloth",
          "word": "Geistes"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "lang_code": "el",
          "roman": "okniría",
          "sense": "sloth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "οκνηρία"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "sloth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "accidia"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "sloth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "acedia"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "sloth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "acedia"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "apatija",
          "sense": "apathy",
          "word": "апатия"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "lang_code": "bg",
          "roman": "nezainteresovanost",
          "sense": "apathy",
          "word": "незаинтересованост"
        },
        {
          "code": "gur",
          "lang": "Farefare",
          "lang_code": "gur",
          "sense": "apathy",
          "word": "akedia"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "apathy",
          "word": "akedia"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "apathy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Apathie"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "apathy",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Phlegma"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "apathy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Trägheit"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "apathy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Dumpfheit"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "apathy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Gleichgültigkeit"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "apathy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Leidenschaftslosigkeit"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "apathy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Mattigkeit"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "apathy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Schlappheit"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "apathy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Teilnahmslosigkeit"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "apathy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Unempfindlichkeit"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "apathy",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Stumpfsinn"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "apathy",
          "tags": [
            "noun"
          ],
          "word": "Schmachten"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "apathy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "apatia"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "apathy",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "apatia"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈsiːdɪə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acedia"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "acedious"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":bor",
        "3": "la:acēdia",
        "text": "++",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *né\nProto-Indo-European *n̥-\nProto-Hellenic *ə-\nAncient Greek ἀ- (a-)\nProto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d-\nProto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂dos\nProto-Hellenic *kā́dos\nAncient Greek κῆδος (kêdos)\nAncient Greek ἀκηδής (akēdḗs)\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂\nProto-Hellenic *-íā\nAncient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)\nAncient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā)bor.\nLatin acēdiabor.\nEnglish acedia\n[Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"keyword_abbrev\" : \"bor.\", \"keyword_label\" : \"Borrowed from\", \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"gloss\" : \"careless\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"gloss\" : \"un-\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"un-\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"not\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"not\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*né\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*n̥-\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"term\" : \"*ə-\", \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"ἀ-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" }, { \"gloss\" : \"care\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*ḱeh₂d-\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*ḱeh₂dos\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"term\" : \"*kā́dos\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"κῆδος\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"ἀκηδής\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" }, { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"alt\" : \"*-i-eh₂\", \"id\" : \"i-extension\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"o-grade\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"collective nouns\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-h₂\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-éh₂\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-éh₂\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Hellenic\", \"term\" : \"*-íā\", \"status\" : \"inline\", \"lang\" : \"grk-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"-ίᾱ\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Ancient Greek\", \"term\" : \"ἀκηδίᾱ\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"grc\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"Latin\", \"term\" : \"acēdia\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"la\" } ], \"keyword\" : \"bor\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"acedia\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"acedia\">\nBorrowed from Latin acēdia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā), from ἀκηδής (akēdḗs, “careless”) + -ίᾱ (-íā).",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "accidie"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of accidie",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *né\nProto-Indo-European *n̥-\nProto-Hellenic *ə-\nAncient Greek ἀ- (a-)\nProto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d-\nProto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂dos\nProto-Hellenic *kā́dos\nAncient Greek κῆδος (kêdos)\nAncient Greek ἀκηδής (akēdḗs)\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂\nProto-Hellenic *-íā\nAncient Greek -ίᾱ (-íā)\nAncient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā)bor.\nLatin acēdiabor.\nEnglish acedia\nBorrowed from Latin acēdia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā), from ἀκηδής (akēdḗs, “careless”) + -ίᾱ (-íā). Doublet of accidie.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "accedie",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "acedia (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "accidie"
    },
    {
      "word": "acediast"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English doublets",
        "English entries with etymology texts",
        "English entries with etymology trees",
        "English entries with etymon",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms borrowed from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱeh₂d-",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *né",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Farefare translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "en:Christianity",
        "en:Emotions"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "text": "Her acedia kept her trapped in a cycle of depression and torpor.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              32,
              38
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "year-2008, Kathleen Norris, Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life, Riverhead Books, page 6:",
          "text": "Yet I have come to believe that acedia can strike anyone whose work requires self - motivation and solitude",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Spiritual or mental sloth and the feeling it provokes; apathy or indifference; a lack of care or interest and the resultant avoidance of duties; a bored melancholy leading to desperation, restlessness and anxiety."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "sloth",
          "sloth"
        ],
        [
          "apathy",
          "apathy"
        ],
        [
          "indifference",
          "indifference"
        ],
        [
          "care",
          "care"
        ],
        [
          "interest",
          "interest"
        ],
        [
          "avoidance",
          "avoidance"
        ],
        [
          "duties",
          "duties"
        ],
        [
          "bored",
          "bored"
        ],
        [
          "melancholy",
          "melancholy"
        ],
        [
          "desperation",
          "desperation"
        ],
        [
          "restlessness",
          "restlessness"
        ],
        [
          "anxiety",
          "anxiety"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity) Spiritual or mental sloth and the feeling it provokes; apathy or indifference; a lack of care or interest and the resultant avoidance of duties; a bored melancholy leading to desperation, restlessness and anxiety."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:spiritual"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "accidie"
        },
        {
          "word": "ennui"
        },
        {
          "word": "Weltschmerz"
        },
        {
          "word": "listlessness"
        },
        {
          "word": "sluggishness"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈsiːdɪə/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "mărzel",
      "sense": "sloth",
      "word": "мързел"
    },
    {
      "code": "gur",
      "lang": "Farefare",
      "lang_code": "gur",
      "sense": "sloth",
      "word": "akedia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "sloth",
      "word": "akedia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "sloth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acédie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sloth",
      "word": "Faulheit f oder Trägheit f des Herzens"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "sloth",
      "word": "Geistes"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "okniría",
      "sense": "sloth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "οκνηρία"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "sloth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "accidia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "sloth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acedia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "sloth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "acedia"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "apatija",
      "sense": "apathy",
      "word": "апатия"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "nezainteresovanost",
      "sense": "apathy",
      "word": "незаинтересованост"
    },
    {
      "code": "gur",
      "lang": "Farefare",
      "lang_code": "gur",
      "sense": "apathy",
      "word": "akedia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "apathy",
      "word": "akedia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "apathy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Apathie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "apathy",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Phlegma"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "apathy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Trägheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "apathy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Dumpfheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "apathy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gleichgültigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "apathy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Leidenschaftslosigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "apathy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mattigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "apathy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schlappheit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "apathy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Teilnahmslosigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "apathy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unempfindlichkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "apathy",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stumpfsinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "apathy",
      "tags": [
        "noun"
      ],
      "word": "Schmachten"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "apathy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apatia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "apathy",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apatia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acedia"
}

Download raw JSONL data for acedia meaning in English (11.2kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": relig. vs. dass heisst auch Acedia f ein lateinisches Wort für eine Todsünde f der sieben Todsünden",
  "path": [
    "acedia"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "acedia",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.