indolent
pronunciation
How to pronounce indolent in British English:
UK [ˈɪndələnt]
How to pronounce indolent in American English:
US [ˈɪndələnt]
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- Adjective:
- disinclined to work or exertion
- of tumors e.g.; slow to heal or develop and usually painless
Word Origin
- indolent
- indolent: [18] Historically, indolent means ‘feeling no pain’ – indeed, that is how it was used as a technical medical term in English in the 17th and 18th centuries. It comes from late Latin indolens, which was based on the Latin verb dolere ‘suffer pain’ (source also of English dolour [13] and doleful [13]). English took the term directly from Latin, but meanwhile in French indolent had broadened out in meaning via ‘insensitive’ to ‘inactive, lethargic, lazy’, and that is the basis of the current English use of the adjective, acquired in the early 18th century.=> doleful, dolour
- indolent (adj.)
- 1660s, "painless," from Late Latin indolentem (see indolence). Sense of "living easily" is 1710, from French indolent. Related: Indolently.
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Example
- 1. A boss will never like indolent employees .
- 2. The former investment banker has not been indolent : his department has been a factory for acronyms since the crisis began .
- 3. In a 1942 presentation at the new york academy of medicine , the scientists reported that after lobotomy , patients did sometimes become " indolent " or " outspoken . "
- 4. A wealthy class parasitic upon the labor of the masses ; parasitic vines that strangle the trees ; bloodsucking blackmailer ; his indolent leechlike existence .
- 5. The assumption was that he was warning the white members of the audience , but in reality his lecture was far more uncomfortable listening for the sizeable nigerian contingent , including a slew of government and embassy dignitaries , as he spoke of " indolent kleptocrats " in the government , and " a cesspool of corruption " .