indolent

English

WOTD – 18 December 2008

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French indolent, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin indolentem, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“pain”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.dəl.ənt/

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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.

   • 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

Synonyms

• work-shy
• See also Thesaurus:lazy

Related terms

• indolence
• indolency

 

Translations

habitually lazy

• Bulgarian: ленив (bg) (leniv), мързелив (bg) (mǎrzeliv)
• Catalan: indolent (ca)
• Chinese:

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• Czech: lhostejný (cs) m, líný (cs) m, indolentní (cs) m
• Dutch: werkschuw (nl)
• Finnish: saamaton (fi), veltto (fi)
• French: indolent (fr)
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• German: träge (de), faul (de), arbeitsscheu (de)
• Irish: sácráilte
• Latin: piger
• Norwegian: arbeidsky
• Portuguese: indolente (pt), vadio (pt)
• Russian: лени́вый (ru) (lenívyj), пра́здный (ru) (prázdnyj), безде́ятельный (ru) (bezdéjatelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: leisg
• Spanish: indolente (es)

inducing laziness

• Chinese:

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• Finnish: veltostuttava (fi)
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• German: ermüdend (de)
• Portuguese: indolente (pt)
• Russian: спосо́бствующий пра́здности (sposóbstvujuščij prázdnosti), разне́живающий (ru) (raznéživajuščij)

medicine: causing little or no physical pain

• Bulgarian: безболезнен (bg) (bezboleznen)
• Chinese:

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• Czech: nebolestivý m
• Finnish: indolentti, kivuton (fi)
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• French: indolent (fr)
• German: schmerzlos, indolent (de), schmerzfrei (de)
• Russian: безболе́зненный (ru) (bezboléznennyj)
• Spanish: indolente (es)

medicine: healing slowly

• Bulgarian: бавно заздравяващ (bavno zazdravjavašt)
• Chinese:

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• Finnish: itsepintainen (fi)
• Russian: ме́дленно зажива́ющий (médlenno zaživájuščij), вялотеку́щий (ru) (vjalotekúščij)
• Spanish: indolente (es)

Anagrams

• deltonin, nontiled

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. indolent (all senses)