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indolencies

indolencies is the plural of indolency.

Meaning of indolency

Noun

indolency (plural indolencies)

  1. (obsolete) Habitual laziness or sloth.
  2. (obsolete) A state in which one feels no pain or is indifferent to it; a lack of any feeling.
    • [T]he sect of Philosophie, that hath most preferred sensualitie, hath also placed the same but to indolencie or unfeeling of paine.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter XII, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
  3. (obsolete) A state of repose in which neither pain nor pleasure is experienced.

Questions about indolencies

What is indolencies the plural of?
Indolencies is the plural of indolency.

Words near indolencies in the dictionary

  1. indoleamines
  2. indolecarbamidine
  3. indolecarbamidines
  4. indolence
  5. indolences
  6. indolencies
  7. indolency
  8. indolenine
  9. indolenines
  10. indolent
  11. indolent lesion of epithelial origin

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