ˈindələn(t)s noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from Latin indolentia freedom from pain, from in- in- (I) + dolentia pain, from dolent-, dolens (present participle of dolēre to feel pain, grieve) + -ia -y — more at condole
1. or indolency -es obsolete
a. : insensibility or indifference to pain
b. : freedom from pain or a tranquillity of mind marked by neither pain nor pleasure : apathetic ease
2. medicine
a. : a condition of causing little or no pain
deceptive indolence of the tumor
b. : a condition of growing or progressing slowly
c. : slowness in healing
3. : laziness or inactivity arising from a love of ease or aversion to work : indisposition to labor : sloth
the hot moist air of the tropics spreads a feeling of lethargy and indolence over everything that moves — G.H.Reed b.1887
indolence , tardiness or even downright opposition to improvements — Farmer's Weekly (South Africa)
literary indolence , mere unwillingness to take the necessary pains — Brand Blanshard