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acedy

acedy is the alternative form of acedia.

Meaning of acedia

Noun

acedia (uncountable)

  1. 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.
    • Her acedia kept her trapped in a cycle of depression and torpor.

Questions about acedy

What is acedy the alternative form of?
Acedy is the alternative form of acedia.

Words near acedy in the dictionary

  1. acedious
  2. Acedo
  3. acedoben
  4. Acedos
  5. acedoxin
  6. acedy
  7. acefluranol
  8. aceflux
  9. acefurtiamine
  10. acefylline
  11. aceggot

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Adapted from Wiktionary: acedy (page history and authors); acedia (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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