ACEDIA

PRONUNCIATION: (uh-SEE-dee-uh)

MEANING: noun: Apathy; boredom; sloth.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin acedia, from Greek akedia, from a- (not) + kedos (care). Earliest documented use: 1607.

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ACEDINA - city in California, just north of Los Angeles, home of the Ose Bowl

ACENIA - I observed you in Brooklyn

ACNEDIA - a skin eruption confined to the patella; goes away after 24 hours