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a⋅ce⋅di⋅a

  [uh-see-dee-uh]
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–noun
1. sloth (def. 1). Compare deadly sins.
2. laziness or indifference in religious matters.
Origin:
1600–10; < LL acēdia < Gk akdeia, equiv. to akēd(s) (a- a- 6 + -kēdēs, adj. deriv. of kêdos care, anxiety) + -ia -ia
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a·ce·di·a   (ə-sē'dē-ə)   
n.  Spiritual torpor and apathy; ennui.

[Late Latin, from Greek akēdeia, indifference : a-, a-; see a-1 + kēdos, care.]
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