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A.Word.A.Day--acedia Pronunciation: WAV or RealAudio acedia (uh-SEE-dee-uh) noun Spiritual torpor and apathy; ennui. [Late Latin, from Greek akedeia, indifference : a- + kedos, care.] "[T]hose who love the play as Coleridge did, for its mood of acedia and self-corroding scepticism, may find themselves wondering if they actually have been mad about the Dane for all these years." Kevin Jackson, Four hours, and a star every minute, Independent on Sunday, 16 Feb 1997. This week's theme: words to drop into conversations with a therapist. X-Bonus Be aware that a halo has to fall only a few inches to be a noose. -Dan McKinnon

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