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indolent
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[ˈɪndələnt], (Adjective)
Definitions:
- wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy
(e.g: they were indolent and addicted to a life of pleasure)
- (of a disease or condition) causing little or no pain
Phrases:
Origin
:
mid 17th century: from late Latin indolent-, from in- ‘not’ + dolere ‘suffer or give pain’. The sense ‘idle’ arose in the early 18th century
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