indoles

English

Etymology 1

Plural of indole.

Pronunciation 1

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɪndəʊlz/

Noun

indoles pl

1. Plural form of indole

Etymology 2

From Latin indolēs (“inborn quality, nature”), from indu- (“within, in”) + ol- (“to grow”) (an affix also found in abolish and adolescent).

Pronunciation 2

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɪndəʊ̆liːz/

Noun

indoles (uncountable)

1. Natural disposition; innate character; unalterable intrinsic traits and qualities (collectively).
   • 1673, Obadiah Walker, Of education, especially of young gentlemen, page 93:

     He must be treated as the Brachmans did their children, whose indoles they disliked.

   • 1677, Sir Matthew Hale, The primitive origination of mankind, page 160:

     Such is the indoles of the Humane Nature, where it is not strangely over-grown with Barbarousness.

   • 1882 July, in The Quarterly Review, page 214:

     Every language has its own ‘indoles’.

Anagrams

• Leonids

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Latin

Noun

indolēs (genitive indolis); f, third declension

1. innate or inborn quality; nature
2. natural ability; talent

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	indolēs	indolēs
genitive	indolis	indolium
dative	indolī	indolibus
accusative	indolim indolem	indolīs indolēs
ablative	indolī indole	indolibus
vocative	indolēs	indolēs