Definition of "accidie"

accidie

/ˈæk.sɪ.di/

noun
uncountable
1. (now literary) Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy.
  Quotations
  Underneath the surface excitements the demon of accidie had her by the hair.
  1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 363