Both Uses of
indolent
in
Sense and Sensibility
- Elinor honoured her for a plan which originated so nobly as this; though smiling to see the same eager fancy which had been leading her to the extreme of languid indolence and selfish repining, now at work in introducing excess into a scheme of such rational employment and virtuous self-control.†
Chpt 46indolence = laziness
- They were all thoughtless or indolent.
Chpt 48 *indolent = lazy
Definitions:
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(1)
(indolent as in: she is naturally indolent) lazy; disinclined to work
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Indolent is also used in medicine to describe conditions (e.g., some tumors) that are slow to develop or heal and are painless. Very rarely it may refer to something that is slow and unenergetic without any connotation of laziness--such as small lapping waves.