Etymology

indolency

in·dol·en·cy
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Today it means: Habitual laziness or sloth. Full definition →

Latin indolentia
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromindolentia“freedom from pain; insensibility”
  2. English todayindolency

Borrowed from Latin indolentia (“freedom from pain; insensibility”) (see further at indolence) + English -ency (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting conditions, qualities, or states).

Words from the same roots

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indolence

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