indolent

CEFRC1

/ˈɪn.də.lənt/

adjective

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  1. 01

    adjective

    Lazy and unwilling to make an effort.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).

Examples

  • He was an indolent man, who lived only to eat, drink, and play at cards.

  • Indolent youth creates a begging old age.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Inducing laziness.

  2. Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.

  3. Healing slowly.

More examples

In context

  • The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.

  • indolent comfort

  • Mr. Churchill has pride; but his pride is nothing to his wife’s: his is a quiet, indolent, gentlemanlike sort of pride that would harm nobody, and only make himself a little helpless and tiresome; but her pride is arrogance and insolence!

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Origin

adjective

From French indolent or directly from Late Latin indolēns, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“hurting”), from doleo (“to hurt”). The later sense of “living easily, slothful” perhaps developed in French.