indulgent
/ɪnˈdʌld͡ʒənt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.09 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "an indulgent parent"
- "to be indulgent to servants"
- "An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’."
- "Mr. Burns is similarly perfectly cast as a heartless capitalist willing to do anything for a quick buck, even if it means endangering the lives of those around him and Marge elegantly rounds out the main cast as a good, pure-hearted and overly indulgent woman who sees the big, good heart (literally and metaphorically) of a monstrous man-brute."
Etymology
From Latin indulgēns, indulgentem, present participle of indulgēre.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: indulgēns
Inflected Forms
more indulgent (comparative)
most indulgent (superlative)