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indolence

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in⋅do⋅lence

  [in-dl-uhns]
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–noun
the quality or state of being indolent.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L indolentia freedom from pain; see indolent, -ence
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in·do·lence   (ĭn'də-ləns)   
n.  Habitual laziness; sloth.
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Word Origin & History

indolence 
1603, "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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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