| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| acedia |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·ce·di·a |
| PRONUNCIATION: | -s d - |
| NOUN: | Spiritual torpor and apathy; ennui. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin, from Greek ak deia, indifference : a-, a-; see a1 + k dos, care.
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