indolent

WOTD – 18 December 2008    

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈɪn.dəl.ənt/, X-SAMPA: /'Ind@l@nt/

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Adjective

indolent (comparative more indolent, superlative most indolent)

1. Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor/labour.

   The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.

2. Inducing laziness (e.g. indolent comfort).
3. (medicine) Causing scant or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).
4. (medicine) Healing slowly.

Synonyms

• work-shy
• See also Wikisaurus:lazy

Related terms

• indolence
• indolency

Translations

habitually lazy

• Czech: lhostejný (cs) m, líný (cs) m, indolentní (cs) m
• Finnish: saamaton (fi), veltto (fi)
• Irish: sácráilte (ga)

• Russian: ленивый (ru) (lenivyj), праздный (ru) (prazdnyj), бездеятельный (ru) (bezdejatelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: leisg (gd)
• Spanish: indolente (es)

inducing laziness

• Finnish: veltostuttava (fi)

• Russian: способствующий праздности, разнеживающий

medicine: causing scant or no physical pain

• Czech: nebolestivý (cs) m
• Finnish: indolentti (fi), kivuton (fi)

• French: indolent (fr)

medicine: healing slowly

• Finnish: itsepintainen (fi)
• Russian: медленно заживающий

• Spanish: indolente (es)

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