who knows the prigin of the word indolent? I know that it comes from latin and I know what it means but not...

Question

how it came from latin to the english form that we use of it today
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sry origin

Answer 1

According to the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) it came into English from the French word (spelled the same) sometime in the 16th to 17th centuries.

The first citation they list is for the literal meaning (painless, pain-relieving) from a 1663 work: "Curing of cancers...by the outward application of an indolent powder."

The first citation for the common, modern meaning (lazy, idle) is from 1710.

Answer 2

One entry found for indolent.
Main Entry: in·do·lent
Pronunciation: -l&nt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin indolent-, indolens insensitive to pain, from Latin in- + dolent-, dolens, present participle of dolEre to feel pain
1 a : causing little or no pain b : slow to develop or heal
2 a : averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy b : conducive to or encouraging laziness c : exhibiting indolence
synonym see LAZY
- in·do·lent·ly adverb

Answer 3

Enter the word here - http://www.thefreedictionary.com/, and you will find the origin is [Late Latin indolns, indolent-, painless : Latin in-, not; see in-1 + Latin dolns, present participle of dolre, to feel pain.]; http://dictionary.reference.com/ is great also. It says [Origin: 1655–65; < L indolent- (s. of indoléns), equiv. to in- in-3 + dolent- (s. of doléns) prp. of dolére to be pain-ful, be in pain; see dole2, -ent] and also [Late Latin indolēns, indolent-, painless : Latin in-, not; see in-1 + Latin dolēns, present participle of dolēre, to feel pain.]

Answer 4

lazy

Answer 5

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