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in·do·lence
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Princeton's WordNet
indolence, lazinessnoun
inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
Wiktionary
indolencenoun
Habitual laziness or sloth.
Etymology: First attested 1603, from French indolence, insensitivity to pain, from Latin indolentia, insensibility, from in- not + dolere to grieve. Sense of laziness, first attested 1710, is related to taking pains.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Indolence, Indolencynoun
Etymology: in and doleo, Latin; indolence, French.
As there must be indolency where there is happiness, so there must not be indigency. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.
Let Epicurus give indolency as an attribute to his gods, and place in it the happiness of the blest: the divinity which we worship has given us not only a precept against it, but his own example to the contrary. Dryden.
The Spanish nation, roused from their ancient indolence and ignorance, seem now to improve trade. Henry St. John Bolingbroke.
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indolence
Indolence is a state of laziness or a tendency to avoid effort or work. It is a disposition to be inactive or idle.
Webster Dictionary
Indolencenoun
freedom from that which pains, or harasses, as toil, care, grief, etc
Indolencenoun
the quality or condition of being indolent; inaction, or want of exertion of body or mind, proceeding from love of ease or aversion to toil; habitual idleness; indisposition to labor; laziness; sloth; inactivity
Etymology: [L. indolentia freedom from pain: cf. F. indolence.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Indolence in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Indolence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Indolence in a Sentence
The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you die, when affection and interest are over, and nothing but sterling excellence can preserve your name. Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.
Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.
Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.
Censorship is the commonest social blasphemy because it is mostly concealed, built into us by indolence, self-interest and cowardice.
You despise books; you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence; but remember that all the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.
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