C2noun · uncountable · rare

indolence

in·dol·ence

лінь, лінощі

праздность, леность

Trägheit, süßes Nichtstun, Müßiggang

Habitual laziness or slothHabitual laziness or sloth.

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UK/ˈɪndəl(ə)ns/US/ˈɪndl̩əns/

» Our problem is not ignorance, but indolence.

Unser Problem ist nicht die Unwissenheit, sondern die Tatenlosigkeit. — Esperantostern

sundown · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR

Meaning

4 senses

(uncountable, usually)Habitual laziness or sloth.
Indolenz, Müßiggang, süßes Nichtstun
ле́ностьlénostʹ, пра́здностьprázdnostʹ
(uncountable, usually)Lack of pain in a tumour.
Indolenz
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)A state in which one feels no pain or is indifferent to it; a lack of any feeling.
(obsolete, uncountable, usually)A state of repose in which neither pain nor pleasure is experienced.

More definitions

inactivity resulting from a dislike of work

Examples

6 sentences

Our problem is not ignorance, but indolence.
deUnser Problem ist nicht die Unwissenheit, sondern die Tatenlosigkeit. — Esperantostern
sundown · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Your religion promotes indolence.
ruТвоя религия поощряет лень. — xmoffx
nonong · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
I defeated my own indolence.
ruЯ одержал победу над собственной ленью. — LanguagesLover
rul · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
I like the word "indolence". It makes my laziness seem classy.
ruЯ люблю слово "праздность". Оно поднимает мою лень на высокий уровень. — xmoffx
AlanF_US · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem
Why, without her, society would fall into a state of indolence and degradation, even of utter abjection.
Cangarejo · Tatoeba · CC0 · C2Open on Tatoeba Report a problem

Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

habitual laziness or sloth:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

habitual laziness or sloth:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French indolence, or from its etymon Latin indolentia (“freedom from

Borrowed from Middle French indolence, or from its etymon Latin indolentia (“freedom from pain; insensibility”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + dolēns (“hurting, suffering; grieving, lamenting”) + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Dolēns is the present participle of doleō (“to hurt, suffer; to be sorry, deplore, grieve for, lament”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (“to divide, split”).

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