indolent
English
Etymology
Category:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#INDOLENTCategory:English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *delh₁-#INDOLENTFrom FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from French#INDOLENTCategory:English terms derived from French#INDOLENT indolent or directly from Late LatinCategory:English terms borrowed from Late Latin#INDOLENTCategory:English terms derived from Late Latin#INDOLENT indolēns, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“hurting”), from doleo (“to hurt”).[1][2] The later sense of “living easily, slothful” perhaps developed in French.[2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
indolent (comparative more indolent, superlative most indolent)Category:English lemmas#INDOLENTCategory:English adjectives#INDOLENTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#INDOLENTCategory:Pages with entries#INDOLENTCategory:Pages with 5 entries#INDOLENT
- Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.
- The indolent girl resisted doing her homework.Category:English terms with usage examples#INDOLENT
- 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!Category:English terms with quotations#INDOLENT
- Inducing laziness.
- indolent comfortCategory:English terms with usage examples#INDOLENT
- (medicineCategory:en:Medicine#INDOLENT) Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).
- (medicineCategory:en:Medicine#INDOLENT) Healing slowly.
Synonyms
- idle, work-shy; see also Thesaurus:lazy
Derived terms
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Translations
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References
- ↑ “indolent, adj. and n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. - 1 2 Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “indolent (adj.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
Category:Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#INDOLENTCategory:Danish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *delh₁-#INDOLENTBorrowed from FrenchCategory:Danish terms borrowed from French#INDOLENTCategory:Danish terms derived from French#INDOLENT indolent, from LatinCategory:Danish terms derived from Latin#INDOLENT indolens, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“hurting”), from doleo (“to hurt”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [endoˈlɛnˀd]Category:Danish terms with IPA pronunciation#INDOLENT
Adjective
indolent (plural and definite singular attributive indolente)Category:Danish lemmas#INDOLENTCategory:Danish adjectives#INDOLENTCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#INDOLENTCategory:Pages with entries#INDOLENTCategory:Pages with 5 entries#INDOLENT
Inflection
| positive | comparative | superlative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite common singular | indolent | mere indolent | mest indolent2 |
| indefinite neuter singular | indolent | mere indolent | mest indolent2 |
| plural | indolente | mere indolent | mest indolent2 |
| definite attributive1 | indolente | mere indolent | mest indolente |
1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Synonyms
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References
French
Etymology
From LatinCategory:French terms derived from Latin#INDOLENT indolentem, accusative singular masculine and feminine of indolēns, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“pain”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
indolent (feminine indolente, masculine plural indolents, feminine plural indolentes)Category:French lemmas#INDOLENTCategory:French adjectives#INDOLENTCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#INDOLENTCategory:Pages with entries#INDOLENTCategory:Pages with 5 entries#INDOLENT
- indolent (all senses)
Further reading
- “indolent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
German
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:German terms borrowed from Latin#INDOLENTCategory:German terms derived from Latin#INDOLENT indolens.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪndoˈlɛnt/, /ˈɪndolɛnt/Category:German 3-syllable words#INDOLENTCategory:German 3-syllable words#INDOLENTCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#INDOLENT
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#INDOLENTAudio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#INDOLENTAudio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Hyphenation: in‧do‧lent
Adjective
indolent (strong nominative masculine singular indolenter, comparative indolenter, superlative am indolentesten)Category:German lemmas#INDOLENTCategory:German adjectives#INDOLENTCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#INDOLENTCategory:Pages with entries#INDOLENTCategory:Pages with 5 entries#INDOLENT
- indolent (mentally lazy)
- Synonyms: geistig träge, (pejorative) denkfaul
- (medicineCategory:de:Medicine#INDOLENT) insensible to pain
- Synonyms: schmerzunempfindlich, schmerzlos
- (medicineCategory:de:Medicine#INDOLENT) painless
- Synonyms: schmerzfrei, schmerzlos
Declension
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Further reading
Category:de:Personality#INDOLENTRomanian
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#INDOLENTCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#INDOLENT indolent, from LatinCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#INDOLENT indolens.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in.doˈlent/Category:Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation#INDOLENT
Adjective
indolent m or n (feminine singular indolentă, masculine plural indolenți, feminine/neuter plural indolente)Category:Romanian lemmas#INDOLENTCategory:Romanian adjectives#INDOLENTCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#INDOLENTCategory:Pages with entries#INDOLENTCategory:Pages with 5 entries#INDOLENT
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative- accusative | indefinite | indolent | indolentă | indolenți | indolente | ||
| definite | indolentul | indolenta | indolenții | indolentele | |||
| genitive- dative | indefinite | indolent | indolente | indolenți | indolente | ||
| definite | indolentului | indolentei | indolenților | indolentelor | |||