Both Uses of
indolent
in
The Bluest Eye
- This schoolmaster married a sweet, indolent half-Chinese girl for whom the fatigue of bearing a son was too much.†
Chpt 4
- We mistook violence for passion, indolence for leisure, and thought recklessness was freedom.
Chpt 4 *indolence = laziness
Definition:
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(indolent as in: she is naturally indolent) lazy; disinclined to work