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6-letter words (1 found)

ACEDIA,

5-letter words (3 found)

AECIA,CAAED,CADIE,

4-letter words (15 found)

ACAI,ACED,ACID,AIDA,AIDE,CADE,CADI,CAID,CEDI,CIDE,DACE,DICE,ECAD,ICED,IDEA,

3-letter words (11 found)

ACE,AIA,AID,CAA,CAD,CID,DAE,DEI,DIE,ICE,IDE,

2-letter words (10 found)

AA,AD,AE,AI,DA,DE,DI,EA,ED,ID,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 41 words from acedia according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of acedia

acedia

Etymology

From Latin acēdia. Doublet of accidie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈsiːdɪə/

Noun

acedia (uncountable)

  2. Spiritual or mental sloth.
    Synonyms: accedie, ennui, weltschmerz
  3. Apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference.
    Synonyms: apathy, indifference
  4. Boredom; a melancholy leading to desperation. Synonyms: ennui, accidie, weltschmerz

Derived terms

Related terms

  • acediast

Translations

Anagrams

  • aeacid

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin acēdia, from Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā, “negligence”). Doublet of accidia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃɛ.dja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdja
  • Hyphenation: a‧cè‧dia

Noun

acedia f (plural acedie)

  1. acedia

Further reading

  • acedia in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Alternative forms

  • accīdia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā, “negligence”), which is derived from κῆδος (kêdos, “care, accuracy”).

Pronunciation 1

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈkeː.di.a/, [äˈkeːd̪iä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃe.di.a/, [äˈt͡ʃɛːd̪iä]

Noun

acēdia f (genitive acēdiae); first declension

  1. sloth, torpor
Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants
  • → Catalan: acèdia
  • → English: acedia
  • → German: Akedie
  • → Italian: accidia
  • → Old English: accidia
    • Middle English: accidia
      • English: accidia
  • → Old French: accide, accidie
    • → Middle English: accidie
      • English: accidie
    • Middle French: accide
      • French: accide
  • → Portuguese: acédia
  • → Polish: acedia (learned)
  • → Spanish: acedía

Pronunciation 2

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈkeː.di.aː/, [äˈkeːd̪iäː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃe.di.a/, [äˈt͡ʃɛːd̪iä]

Noun

acēdiā f

  1. ablative singular of acēdia

References

  • acedia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin acedia, from Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā). First attested in 1870.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈt͡sɛ.dja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛdja
  • Syllabification: a‧ce‧dia

Noun

acedia f

  1. acedia (spiritual or mental sloth)

Declension

References

Further reading

  • acedia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Verb

acedia

  1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of aceder

Source: wiktionary.org