indolencen.

Brit.

/ˈɪndələns/,

/ˈɪndəln̩s/,

/ˈɪndl̩(ə)ns/, U.S.

/ˈɪndl̩əns/

Etymology: < French indolence (16th cent.), or directly < Latin indolēntia freedom from pain, insensibility (Cicero), noun of quality < in- (in- prefix⁴) + dolēnt-em, present participle of dolēre to be pained.

†1. Insensibility or indifference to pain; want of feeling. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > callousness or hard-heartedness

induration1493

indurateness1537

induritness1558

hardenedness1571

stoniness1571

hard-heartedness1577

apathy1603

indolence1603

dedolence1606

flintiness1607

dedolencya1617

searedness1620

callosity1628

indolencya1631

brawnedness1631

calluma1640

atrocity1641

dead-heartedness1642

brawninessa1645

callousness1653

stony-heartedness1673

petrification1678

unsolicitousnessa1683

callus1683

heartlessness1701

petrifaction1722

unreckingness1873

Gradgrindery1920

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 69 Clemencie and Mildnesse, [they say it is the meane] betweene senselesse Indolence and Crueltie.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Indolence, or Indolency, a being insensible of Pain or Grief.

1723 tr. F. C. Weber Present State Russia I. 153 A Russian values neither Life nor Death, and undergoes capital Punishment with unparalleled Indolence.

†2.

a. Freedom from pain; a state of rest or ease, in which neither pain nor pleasure is felt. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun]

indolency1603

unpassionateness1611

non-feelingness1650

indolence1656

dispassion1690

dryness1748

dispassionateness1842

passionlessness1867

emotionlessness1873

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun]

unfeelingness1398

insensibility?1510

senselessness1577

indolency1603

stupidity1603

unfeeling1603

torpidity1614

torpor1626

sleepiness1647

indolence1656

insensibleness1656

narcosis1671

torpidnessa1676

torpitude1713

anaesthesia1721

deadness1764

insentience1862

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [noun] > absence of pain or discomfort

ease?c1225

indolency1603

indolence1656

easiness1704

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. iv. facing p. 5 Indolence, which Epicure held, they esteem not pleasure, nor want of pleasure,..for Indolence is like the state of a sleeping man.

1702 S. Parker tr. Cicero Five Bks. De Finibus ii. 56 D'you know, said I, what Hieronymus Rhodius has allotted for the Summum Bonum? I know, said Torquatus, he resolves it into Nihil dolere, Mere Indolence.

1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous i. 14 I cou'd rather call it an Indolence. It seems to be nothing more than a Privation of both Pain and Pleasure.

1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 113 That tranquility of mind, and indolence of body which he made his chief ends.

b. Pathology. Absence of pain (in a tumour: cf. indolent adj. 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > tumour > qualities of

scirrhosity1598

indolence1739

radioresistance1922

1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. lxv. 229 The Pain or Indolence of the Tumour that indicates the Quality of the Contents.

3. The disposition to avoid trouble; love of ease; laziness, slothfulness, sluggishness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun]

sleuthc888

sweernessc888

slacknessc897

unlustOE

aswolkenessc1000

slothc1175

sweeringa1300

sloth-head1303

unlusthead1340

nicetya1387

sluggardy1390

sluggardness1398

nicehead1440

musardryc1450

slugnessc1450

lashness1477

sweerdomc1480

truantness1483

passibilityc1485

sleuthfulness1488

sluggardry1513

slothfulness1526

sluggardise1532

luskishness1538

desidiousnessa1540

ocivity1550

restiness?c1550

niceness1557

laziness1580

easinessa1586

poltroonery1590

facility1615

pigritude1623

pigrity1623

otiosity1632

easefulnessa1639

dronishness1674

reasiness1679

indolence1710

accidity1730

indolency1741

lurgy1769

donothingness1814

far niente1819

oisivity1830

donothingism1839

dronage1846

lotus-eating1852

faineance1853

faineancy1854

bummerism1858

lazyhood1866

bone-laziness1875

sleevelessness1882

bummery1887

sluggardliness1977

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 132. ⁋1 Heavy honest Men, with whom I have passed many Hours with much Indolence.

1784 S. Johnson Let. 12 July (1994) IV. 350 That voluntary debility, which modern language is content to term indolence.

1816 W. Scott Let. 14 Nov. (1933) IV. 294 He is one of the many, many hundreds in whom indolence has strangled genius.

1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. i. 23 Passing his days in indolence and indulgence.

1878 R. W. Dale Lect. Preaching (ed. 3) iii. 63 Some men fail as preachers through intellectual indolence.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	indolence
释义	indolencen. Brit. /ˈɪndələns/, /ˈɪndəln̩s/, /ˈɪndl̩(ə)ns/, U.S. /ˈɪndl̩əns/ Etymology: < French indolence (16th cent.), or directly < Latin indolēntia freedom from pain, insensibility (Cicero), noun of quality < in- (in- prefix⁴) + dolēnt-em, present participle of dolēre to be pained. †1. Insensibility or indifference to pain; want of feeling. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > callousness or hard-heartedness induration1493 indurateness1537 induritness1558 hardenedness1571 stoniness1571 hard-heartedness1577 apathy1603 indolence1603 dedolence1606 flintiness1607 dedolencya1617 searedness1620 callosity1628 indolencya1631 brawnedness1631 calluma1640 atrocity1641 dead-heartedness1642 brawninessa1645 callousness1653 stony-heartedness1673 petrification1678 unsolicitousnessa1683 callus1683 heartlessness1701 petrifaction1722 unreckingness1873 Gradgrindery1920 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 69 Clemencie and Mildnesse, [they say it is the meane] betweene senselesse Indolence and Crueltie. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Indolence, or Indolency, a being insensible of Pain or Grief. 1723 tr. F. C. Weber Present State Russia I. 153 A Russian values neither Life nor Death, and undergoes capital Punishment with unparalleled Indolence. †2. a. Freedom from pain; a state of rest or ease, in which neither pain nor pleasure is felt. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] indolency1603 unpassionateness1611 non-feelingness1650 indolence1656 dispassion1690 dryness1748 dispassionateness1842 passionlessness1867 emotionlessness1873 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > [noun] unfeelingness1398 insensibility?1510 senselessness1577 indolency1603 stupidity1603 unfeeling1603 torpidity1614 torpor1626 sleepiness1647 indolence1656 insensibleness1656 narcosis1671 torpidnessa1676 torpitude1713 anaesthesia1721 deadness1764 insentience1862 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [noun] > absence of pain or discomfort ease?c1225 indolency1603 indolence1656 easiness1704 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. iv. facing p. 5 Indolence, which Epicure held, they esteem not pleasure, nor want of pleasure,..for Indolence is like the state of a sleeping man. 1702 S. Parker tr. Cicero Five Bks. De Finibus ii. 56 D'you know, said I, what Hieronymus Rhodius has allotted for the Summum Bonum? I know, said Torquatus, he resolves it into Nihil dolere, Mere Indolence. 1713 G. Berkeley Three Dialogues Hylas & Philonous i. 14 I cou'd rather call it an Indolence. It seems to be nothing more than a Privation of both Pain and Pleasure. 1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 113 That tranquility of mind, and indolence of body which he made his chief ends. b. Pathology. Absence of pain (in a tumour: cf. indolent adj. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > growth or excrescence > [noun] > tumour > qualities of scirrhosity1598 indolence1739 radioresistance1922 1739 J. Sparrow tr. H. F. Le Dran Observ. Surg. lxv. 229 The Pain or Indolence of the Tumour that indicates the Quality of the Contents. 3. The disposition to avoid trouble; love of ease; laziness, slothfulness, sluggishness. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] sleuthc888 sweernessc888 slacknessc897 unlustOE aswolkenessc1000 slothc1175 sweeringa1300 sloth-head1303 unlusthead1340 nicetya1387 sluggardy1390 sluggardness1398 nicehead1440 musardryc1450 slugnessc1450 lashness1477 sweerdomc1480 truantness1483 passibilityc1485 sleuthfulness1488 sluggardry1513 slothfulness1526 sluggardise1532 luskishness1538 desidiousnessa1540 ocivity1550 restiness?c1550 niceness1557 laziness1580 easinessa1586 poltroonery1590 facility1615 pigritude1623 pigrity1623 otiosity1632 easefulnessa1639 dronishness1674 reasiness1679 indolence1710 accidity1730 indolency1741 lurgy1769 donothingness1814 far niente1819 oisivity1830 donothingism1839 dronage1846 lotus-eating1852 faineance1853 faineancy1854 bummerism1858 lazyhood1866 bone-laziness1875 sleevelessness1882 bummery1887 sluggardliness1977 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 132. ⁋1 Heavy honest Men, with whom I have passed many Hours with much Indolence. 1784 S. Johnson Let. 12 July (1994) IV. 350 That voluntary debility, which modern language is content to term indolence. 1816 W. Scott Let. 14 Nov. (1933) IV. 294 He is one of the many, many hundreds in whom indolence has strangled genius. 1845 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 I. i. 23 Passing his days in indolence and indulgence. 1878 R. W. Dale Lect. Preaching (ed. 3) iii. 63 Some men fail as preachers through intellectual indolence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603
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