Both Uses of
indulgent
in
BoneMan's Daughters
- He'd always been aware of his own superiority to the masses that fed, like sheep, on society's self-indulgent grasses.†
Chpt 16self-indulgent = excessively kind to or undemanding of oneself
- Bethany was growing into a young woman with a bright future who would thrive in this self-indulgent landscape called North America.
Chpt 17 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(indulgent) to treat with extra kindness or tolerance
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In the form, indulgence, the word can also refer to a special pleasure--typically something done in excess of what is thought good--such as eating too much cake, or being too lazy