1660s, "causing no pain, painless," from French indolent (16c.) or directly from Late Latin indolentem (see indolence). Sense of "living easily, slothful," is 1710, a sense perhaps developed in French. Related: Indolently.
an indolent hanger-on
leprosy is an indolent infectious disease
an indolent ulcer
indoctrination
Indo-European
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Indonesia
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