indolent
English
/ˈɪn.dəl.ənt/
adj
Definitions
- Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor
- Inducing laziness
- (medicine) Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.)
- (medicine) Healing slowly
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁- (split, cut, hew, distribute).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*delh₁-
Gloss
split, cut, hew, distribute
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- epithelial English
- indolency English
- indolent lesion of epithelial origin English
- indolently English
- lesion English
- Tolentinum Latin
- condelere, condoleo Latin
- condoleo Latin
- condoleō Latin
- dolium Latin
- dolor Latin
- dolēns Latin
- dolēntem, dolens, dolēns Latin
- dolōrōsus Latin
- dōlium Latin
- indolentem Latin
- indolentia Latin
- indolent German
- indolemment French
- indolent French
- Δαίδαλος Ancient Greek
- Ταυλάντιοι Ancient Greek
- *delh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *dl̥h₁yéti Proto-Indo-European
- *dolh₁éyeti Proto-Indo-European
- *dolh₁ōs Proto-Indo-European
- dealbhóir Irish
- *delěti Proto-Slavic
- *odolěti Proto-Slavic
- cynddelw Welsh
- delfryd Welsh
- indolenta Ido
- indolentigar Ido
- delbaid Old Irish
- cian-dhealbh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- dealbh dath-uisge Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- taigh-dealbh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- taigh-dhealbh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *delwā Proto-Celtic
- *dolōs Proto-Italic
- *dalna Proto-Albanian
- *dalnānja Proto-Albanian
- *dolōs Old Latin