Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

indolent

/ˈɪn.də.lənt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: in-do-lent
IPA: /ˈɪn.də.lənt/

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.

adj

Inducing laziness.

adj

Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).

adj

Healing slowly.

Example Sentences

"The indolent girl resisted doing her homework."
"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!"
"[…] the obscurities of his text are not due so much to inherent philosophical difficulties as to Lenin's indolent and superficial approach and his contempt for all problems that could not be put to direct use in the struggle for power."
"indolent comfort"

Etymology

From French indolent or directly from Late Latin indolēns, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“hurting”), from doleo (“to hurt”). The later sense of “living easily, slothful” perhaps developed in French.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Prefix: in-
Root: *delh₁-, indolent, indolēns

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɪn.də.lənt/
British English: /ˈɪn.də.lənt/

Inflected Forms

more indolent (comparative) most indolent (superlative)

Derived Forms

indolently

Phrases

indolent lesion of epithelial origin

Frequently Paired Words

indolence indolency

Synonyms

idle work-shy faineant lazy otiose slothful

Questions

How do you pronounce indolent?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɪn.də.lənt/.
What does indolent mean?: Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.
Where does indolent come from?: It is traced to French.

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