different between acedia vs boredom

English

Etymology

From Latin ac?dia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??si?d??/

Noun

acedia (uncountable)

1. Spiritual or mental sloth

   Synonyms: accedie, ennui, weltschmerz

2. Apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference

   Synonyms: apathy, indifference

3. Boredom

Related terms

• acediast

Translations

Anagrams

• aeacid

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin ac?dia, from Ancient Greek ?????? (ak?dí?, “negligence”). Doublet of accidia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?t???.dja/
• Rhymes: -?dja
• Hyphenation: a?cè?dia

Noun

acedia f (plural acedie)

1. acedia

References

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

Latin

Alternative forms

• acc?dia

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (ak?dí?, “negligence”), which is derived from ????? (kêdos, “care, accuracy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?ke?.di.a/, [ä?ke?d?iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?t??e.di.a/, [??t????d?i?]

Noun

ac?dia f (genitive ac?diae); first declension

1. sloth, torpor

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: acedia
• ? Italian: accidia
• ? Portuguese: acédia
• ? Spanish: acedía

References

• acedia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Verb

acedia

1. first-person singular imperfect of aceder
2. third-person singular imperfect of aceder

English

Etymology

From bore +? -dom.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??.d?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b??.d?m/

Noun

boredom (usually uncountable, plural boredoms)

1. (uncountable) The state of being bored.
   • 1852, Charles Dickens, Bleak House, Chapter XII

     […] only last Sunday, my Lady, in the desolation of Boredom and the clutch of Giant Despair, almost hated her own maid for being in spirits.

2. (countable) An instance or period of being bored; A bored state.
   • 1995, Martin Heidegger, William McNeill, Nicholas Walker (translators), The Fundamental Concepts of Metaphysics: World, Finitude, Solitude, page 107,

     If we are seeking a more original conception of boredom then we must also correspondingly endeavour to envisage a more original form of boredom, thus presumably a boredom in which we become more bored than in the situation we have characterized.

   • See more citations at boredoms.

Synonyms

• (state of being bored): ennui

Related terms

• bore
• bored
• boring

Translations

See also

• accidie
• acedia
• ennui

Anagrams

• bed-room, bedroom, broomed