indolency

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UK/ˈɪndələnsi/US/ˈɪndəˌlənsi/

noun

Habitual laziness or sloth.

OriginLatin indolentia →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

nounindolency (plural indolencies)

plural indolencies

  1. Synonym of indolence.
    1. obsoleteHabitual laziness or sloth.
    2. obsoleteA state in which one feels no pain or is indifferent to it; a lack of any feeling.

      [T]he sect of Philosophie, that hath most preferred sensualitie, hath also placed the same but to indolencie or unfeeling of paine.

      1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter XII, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
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      Civil interests I call life, liberty, health, and indolency of body; and the possession of outward things, such as money, lands, houses, furniture, and the like.

      1689, [John Locke], translated by [William Popple], A Letter Concerning Toleration: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC
    3. obsoleteA state of repose in which neither pain nor pleasure is experienced.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
easeindolence

Origin

  1. Latinindolentia“freedom from pain; insensibility”
  2. Englishindolency

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

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Anagrams

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APA

indolency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indolency

MLA

“indolency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indolency. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indolency,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indolency.

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