indolent
English
WOTD – 18 December 2008
Adjective
indolent (comparative more indolent, superlative most indolent)
- habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor/labour
- The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, volume II, chapter 18:
- 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!
- Inducing laziness.
- indolent comfort
- (medicine) causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.)
- (medicine) healing slowly
Synonyms
- work-shy
- See also Thesaurus:lazy
Translations
habitually lazy
inducing laziness
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medicine: causing little or no physical pain
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medicine: healing slowly
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French
Etymology
From Latin indolentem, accusative singular masculine and feminine of indolēns, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“pain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.dɔ.lɑ̃/
- Homophone: indolents
Adjective
indolent (feminine singular indolente, masculine plural indolents, feminine plural indolentes)
- indolent (all senses)
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