/
ˈɪnd(ə)l(ə)nt/
adj.
- wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy.
- Medicine (of an ulcer or other disease condition) slow to develop or heal.
Derivative
- indolence n.
- indolently adv.
Etymology
C17: from late L. indolent-, from in- ‘not’ + dolere ‘suffer or give pain’.