indolence
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dl noun
the quality or state of being indolent.
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indolent (ˈɪndələnt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | disliking work or effort; lazy; idle |
| 2. | pathol causing little pain: an indolent tumour |
| 3. | (esp of a painless ulcer) slow to heal |
| [C17: from Latin indolēns not feeling pain, from | |
| 'indolence | |
| —n | |
| 'indolently | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
indolence
c.1600, "insensitivity to pain," from Fr. indolence (16c.), from L. indolentia "freedom from pain, insensibility," noun of action from indolentem (nom. indolens) "insensitive to pain," used by Jerome to render Gk. apelgekos in Ephesians; from L. in- "not" + dolentem (nom. dolens) "grieving," prp. of
dolere "suffer pain." Sense of "laziness" (1710) is from notion of "avoiding trouble" (cf. taking pains).
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Example sentences
It is a strange degree of indolence and sloth to suffer our minds at that time to be alienated from their proper business.
Little by little, a sort of innate indolence leads him to discard all his fine intentions.
However, this is often the result of a welfare system that rewards indolence.
As explained in voice-over, a nuclear war nearly destroys civilization, but humankind re-emerges into an age of indolence.
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