Indolence

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɪndÉ™lÉ™ns/

Origin

From Middle French indolence, from Latin indolentia

Full definition of indolence

Noun

1. Habitual laziness or sloth.
• 1814, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, ch. 11:"It is indolence, Mr. Bertram, indeed. Indolence and love of ease; a want of all laudable ambition, of taste for good company, or of inclination to take the trouble of being agreeable, which make men clergymen."
• 1912, Stewart Edward White, The Sign at Six, ch. 19:Her whole figure expressed a tense vibrant life in singular contrast to the apparent indolence of the men at whom she was talking.
• 2001 Sept. 10, Garrison Keillor, "In Praise of Lasiness," Time (retrieved 24 March 2014)Now, after five weeks of doing nothing, I am an authority on the subject of indolence and glad to share my views with you.

Synonyms

• indolency

Related terms

• indolent