† acedy Obs. rare.
[ad. L. acēdia, a. Gr. ἀκηδία heedlessness, sluggishness, torpor, n. of state f. ἀ priv. + κῆδ-ος care, concern, κήδ-οµαι I heed. A later derivative of the word which gave the very common ME. accidie, q.v.]
Torpor, stupor.
| 1623 Bp. Hall Serm. v. 140 Though the mind be sufficiently convinced of the necessity or profit of a good act; yet for the tediousness annexed to it, in a dangerous spiritual acedy, it insensibly slips away from it. |