Hypertext Webster Gateway: "indolent"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Indolent \In"do*lent\, a. [Pref. in- not + L. dolens, -entis, p.
pr. of dolere to feel pain: cf. F. indolent. See {Dolorous}.]
1. Free from toil, pain, or trouble. [Obs.]
2. Indulging in ease; avoiding labor and exertion; habitually
idle; lazy; inactive; as, an indolent man.
To waste long nights in indolent repose. --Pope.
3. (Med.) Causing little or no pain or annoyance; as, an
indolent tumor.
Syn: Idle; lazy; slothful; sluggish; listless; inactive;
inert. See {Idle}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
indolent
adj 1: disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose
rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on";
"too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth";
"slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not
necessarily work-shy" [syn: {faineant}, {lazy}, {otiose},
{slothful}, {work-shy}]
2: (pathology) of tumors e.g.; slow to heal or develop and
usually painless; "an indolent ulcer"; "leprosy is an
indolent infectious disease"
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