I. -nt adjective
Etymology: Late Latin indolent-, indolens insensitive to pain, from Latin in- in- (I) + dolent-, dolens (present participle of dolēre )
1. medicine
a. : causing little or no pain
an indolent tumor
b.
(1) : growing or progressing slowly
leprosy is an indolent infectious disease
(2) : slow to heal
an indolent ulcer
2.
a. : constantly indulging in ease : chronically averse to labor and exertion
a goad for an indolent writer — Van Wyck Brooks
old and fat and indolent — A.E.Stevenson †1965
b. : conducing to or encouraging laziness or avoidance of exertion
the indolent heat of the afternoon
c. : giving evidence of or exhibiting indolence
an indolent sigh — Willard Robertson
an indolent amiability
Synonyms: see lazy
II. noun
( -s )
: one that is indolent
thousands of scoundrelly indolents lived there despising any honest toil — P.I.Wellman