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indolency

Syllables: in·dol·en·cyUK/ˈɪndələnsi/US/ˈɪndəˌlənsi/

indolency noun: habitual laziness or sloth.

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
    • Civil interests I call life, liberty, health, and indolency of body; and the possession of outward things, such as money, lands, houses, furniture, and the like.1689, [John Locke], translated by [William Popple], A Letter Concerning Toleration: […], London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC
  3. (obsolete) A state of repose in which neither pain nor pleasure is experienced.

indolency meaning in Urdu

indolency in Urdu

آرام پسندی, آرام طلبی, کاہلی, کام چوری, سستی

Forms of indolency

pluralindolencies

Origin of indolency

Borrowed from Latin indolentia (“freedom from pain; insensibility”) (see further at indolence) + English -ency (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting conditions, qualities, or states).

Questions about indolency

What does indolency mean?
Indolency means habitual laziness or sloth.
What is indolency in Urdu?
Indolency in Urdu is آرام پسندی, آرام طلبی, کاہلی. See Indolency meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is indolency?
Indolency is a noun.
How do you pronounce indolency?
Indolency is pronounced /ˈɪndələnsi/ (UK).
What is the plural of indolency?
The plural of indolency is indolencies.

Words near indolency in the dictionary

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

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