‖ accidia
[a. med.L. accīdia (see accidie).]
= accidie.
1930 Time & Tide 28 Mar. 414/2 Half of them suffer from the deadly spiritual disease of accidia. 1947 C. Gray Contingencies iii. 89 The combination of medieval accidia and modern weltschmerz, which we find in his [Liszt's] Hamlet. |