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indolent

Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.də.lənt/

The English word “indolent” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.
  2. Inducing laziness.
  3. Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).
  4. Healing slowly.

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.

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