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indolent, a. (n.)|ˈɪndəʊlənt|
[ad. late L. indolēnt-em (Jerome: ‘dicamus ἀπηλγήκοτες indolentes sive indolorios’), f. in- (in-3) + dolēns grieving, dolent. Cf. F. indolent (16–17th c.).]
1. Path. Causing no pain, painless; esp. in indolent tumour, indolent ulcer.
1663Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. ii. i. 25 Curing of cancers..by the outward application of an indolent powder. 1713R. Russell in Phil. Trans. XXVIII. 277 An Indolent Tumour in her Breast. 1783Pott Chirurg. Wks. II. 286 As he lay on his back, it was perfectly indolent; but in an erect posture..he complained of pain. 1804Abernethy Surg. Obs. 58, I was led to inquire further, whether the surface might not be sometimes irritable and sometimes indolent. 1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. iii. iii. 133 Ceratum Cantharidis..is used to..stimulate issues and indolent ulcers.
†b. loosely. Of a pain: Very slight. Obs.
1758J. S. Le Dran's Observ. Surg. (1771) 155 He felt an indolent Pain on the Shoulder.
2. Of persons, their disposition, action, etc.: Averse to toil or exertion; slothful, lazy, idle.
1710Steele Tatler No. 132 ⁋4 A good-natured indolent Man. 1711Addison Spect. No. 5 ⁋1 To gratifie the Senses, and keep up an indolent Attention in the Audience. 1744H. Walpole Lett. H. Mann (1834) I. xciv. 324, I am naturally indolent and without application to any kind of business. 1839Longfellow Hyperion i. vi, An easy and indolent disposition. 1885S. Cox Exposit. Ser. i. ix. 112 [To] rouse the indolent and indifferent.
transf.1839Longfellow Hyperion iii. i, Through the meadow winds the river—careless, indolent.
†B. n. An indolent person. Obs.
1720Humourist 49 The Indolent remains in Suspense and Anguish. 1810Splendid Follies I. 144 ‘Yes, yes, I see her’, replied the fair indolent.
Hence ˈindolentness (Bailey vol. II, 1727).
[A.] 1. Delete ‘esp. in indolent tumour, ulcer’ and substitute: Also (esp. of an ulcer) slow to heal, persistent; slow to develop or progress. (Further examples.)
1826T. J. Graham Mod. Domestic Med. 516 The indolent ulcer is characterized by the glassy and semi-transparent appearance of the surface, in which there is little or no attempt towards healing, the sore remaining nearly in the same state for a considerable time. 1884[see vitalize v. 1 b]. 1975Arch. Internal Med. CXXXV. 143/1 Patients considered to have had an indolent stage of multiple myeloma were usually asymptomatic. 1987Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) II. xv. 137/2 While some patients progress rapidly to death within a few months of diagnosis..many have relatively indolent disease with only a little progression over many years. Ibid. xxi. 144/1 Perforating ulcers, painful and indolent, may be seen on the plantar surface of the feet. 1990Lancet 11 Aug. 353/2 A progressive brain disorder (eg, an indolent glioma) may have been overlooked. |