indolent

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective disinclined to work or exertion
  2. adjective (of tumors, e.g.) slow to heal or develop and usually painless

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

faineant, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy

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