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indolent

adj.
US //ˈɪndəɫənt// UK //ˈɪndələnt// in·do·lent
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Origin

From French indolent or directly from Late Latin indolēns, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“hurting”), from doleo (“to hurt”). The later sense of “living easily, slothful” perhaps developed in French.

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