indolent

From French indolent, from Latin indolentem, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“pain”)

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.dəl.ənt/

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indolent (comparative more indolent, superlative most indolent)

1. 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!

2. Inducing laziness.

   indolent comfort

3. (medicine) causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.)
4. (medicine) healing slowly

• work-shy
• See also Thesaurus:lazy

• deltonin, nontiled

From Latin indolentem, accusative singular masculine and feminine of indolēns, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“pain”).

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.dɔ.lɑ̃/
• Homophone: indolents

indolent (feminine singular indolente, masculine plural indolents, feminine plural indolentes)

1. indolent (all senses)