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ACEDIAS
Definition of ACEDIAS
Wiktionary has no entry for ACEDIAS itself. This is its base word, ACEDIA.
noun
Spiritual or mental sloth and the feeling it provokes; apathy or indifference; a lack of care or interest and the resultant avoidance of duties; a bored melancholy leading to desperation, restlessness and anxiety.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for ACEDIA.
Borrowed from Latin acēdia, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀκηδίᾱ (akēdíā), from ἀκηδής (akēdḗs, “careless”) + -ίᾱ (-íā). Doublet of accidie.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,104)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ACEDIA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ACEDIAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 84, 12 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 84, 12 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ACEDIAS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACDEIS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found ACEDIAS?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 84 - and most players walked straight past it.
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