Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy.
Underneath the surface excitements the demon of accidie had her by the hair.
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”...
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