The Only Use of
indolent
in
The Scarlet Letter
- On emerging from the Old Manse, it was chiefly this strange, indolent, unjoyous attachment for my native town that brought me to fill a place in Uncle Sam's brick edifice, when I might as well, or better, have gone somewhere else.†
Chpt Intr.
Definition:
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(indolent as in: she is naturally indolent) lazy; disinclined to work