Definitions for accidie

accidie ac·ci·die

Spelling: [ak-si-dee]
IPA: /ˈæk sɪ di/

Accidie is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 81 anagrams from letters in accidie (accdeii).

Definitions for accidie

noun

  1. acedia.

Origin of accidie

1200-50; Middle English Medieval Latin accīdia (alteration of Late Latin acēdia acedia); replacing Middle English accide Old French

Examples for accidie

Such was the deadly sin of accidie, the name of which is forgotten today, though the thing itself is with us still.

Envye and Ire maken bitternesse in herte; which bitternesse is moder of accidie and binimeth him the love of alle goodnesse.

So when you think of these three men, it cannot be middle age or old age that really produce this accidie.

You hardly know why, but everything seems to go wrong; you seem oppressed with what old writers called "accidie."

Greek ἀκηδία; whence acedia or accidia in Latin; English accidie.

For Envye blindeth the herte of a man, and Ire troubleth a man; and accidie maketh him hevy, thoghtful and wrawe.

During the great war the disease of accidie was prevalent in prison camps, as any account of Ruhleben shows very clearly.

Word Value for accidie
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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