indolic

I1N1D2O1L1I1C3

adjective

Of or pertaining to indole, or having a similar structure

OriginEnglish indole ← Latin ole(um) ← Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion) →
Scrabble 10
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectiveindolic (comparative more indolic, superlative most indolic)

comparative more indolic · superlative most indolic

  1. Of or pertaining to indole, or having a similar structure

    And how nice that scent was. Light, tender, sweet, sunny, vegetal – even a bit indolic, sharing the same dirty base note found in jasmine and tuberose.

    2024 May 10, Lily Stewart, “A love letter to lilacs and the joys of fleeting pleasure”, in The Christian Science Monitor
nounindolic (plural indolics)

plural indolics

  1. Any derivative of indole

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-Iranian*síndʰuš
  2. Sanskritसिन्धु॑ (síndhu)
  3. Old Persian𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (hiⁿdūš)
  4. Ancient GreekἸνδός (Indós)
  5. Ancient GreekἸνδία (Indía)
  6. Ancient GreekἸνδικός (Indikós)
  7. LatinIndicu
  8. Spanishíndico
  9. Spanishíndigo
  10. Portugueseendego
  11. Spanishíndigo
  12. Dutchindigo
  13. Englishind(igo)
  14. Proto-Hellenic*élaiwon
  15. Ancient Greekἔλαιον (élaion)
  16. Latinole(um)
  17. Englishindole
  18. Englishindolic

From indole + -ic.

Full word history & related roots →

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

clionidclinoid
Cite this entry
APA

indolic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indolic

MLA

“indolic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indolic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “indolic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/indolic.

Source: indolic on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.