indoles

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UK/ˈɪndəʊlz/UK/ˈɪndəʊ̆liːz/

noun

Natural disposition; innate character; unalterable intrinsic traits and qualities (collectively).

OriginLatin indolēs →
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Meanings

indoles1

noun
  1. pluralplural of indole

indoles2

nounindoles (uncountable)
  1. uncountableNatural disposition; innate character; unalterable intrinsic traits and qualities (collectively).

    Every language has its own ‘indoles’.

    1882 July, The Quarterly Review, page 214
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    He must be treated as the Brachmans did their children, whose indoles they disliked.

    1673, Obadiah Walker, Of education, especially of young gentlemen, page 93

    Such is the indoles of the Humane Nature, where it is not strangely over-grown with Barbarousness.

    1677, Sir Matthew Hale, The primitive origination of mankind, page 160

Origin

indoles · noun

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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indoles · noun

  1. Latinindolēs“inborn quality, nature”
  2. Englishindoles

From Latin indolēs (“inborn quality, nature”), from indu- (“within, in”) + -olēs (“growing”).

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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