indolent

From French indolent, from Latin indolens, from in- (“not”) +‎ dolēns (“hurting”), from doleo (“to hurt”).

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.də.lənt/

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indolent (comparative more indolent, superlative most indolent)

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

   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

• idle, work-shy; see also Thesaurus:lazy

• indolent lesion of epithelial origin

• deltonin, nontiled

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

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

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

1. indolent (all senses)

• “indolent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French indolent.

• IPA^(key): /ɪndoˈlɛnt/, /ˈɪndolɛnt/

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• Hyphenation: in‧do‧lent

indolent (strong nominative masculine singular indolenter, comparative indolenter, superlative am indolentesten)

1. indolent (mentally lazy)

   Synonym: denkfaul

2. (medicine) insensible to pain

• Indolenz

• “indolent” in Duden online
• “indolent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From French indolent, from Latin indolens.

• IPA^(key): /in.doˈlent/

indolent m or n (feminine singular indolentă, masculine plural indolenți, feminine and neuter plural indolente)

1. indolent