indolent
/ˈɪndələnt/IN-duh-luhnt
/ˈɪndələnt/IN-duh-luhnt
Meaningnot feeling pain; idle
Common meaning: lazy, avoiding effort
- inin, into; (before adjectives) not
- dolto feel pain; to grieveLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 606 · scan
- entadjective ending: being or doing
‘in, into’ + ‘to feel pain’ → indolent
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin doleō ‘to feel pain; to grieve’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry doleō, p. 606 · dictionary scan
Roots
- doleō, doluī Latin “to feel pain; to grieve”
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