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.
