Definitions for indolence

indolence in·do·lence

Spelling: [in-dl-uh ns]
IPA: /ˈɪn dl əns/

Indolence is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 301 anagrams from letters in indolence (cdeeilnno).

Definitions for indolence

noun

  1. the quality or state of being indolent.

Origin of indolence

1595-1605; Latin indolentia freedom from pain; see indolent, -ence

Examples for indolence

So why do we hear so many professors describe their pupils as hostile to learning, with a leavening of indolence?

I would let you have a reasonable amount of indolence and rest.

People were apt to fancy that she was patient to a degree of indolence.

He was an athletic man, and the indolence of camp life did not suit him as it did Yates.

But man was not born for the indolence of pleasure and the uniformity of fruition.

He forbore touching that mystery out of love, timidity, and indolence.

He told me that indolence and the use of stimulants was the cause of my bad health.

And he was also indolent, with the indolence which is so often the secret of good nature.

Much more of their time they pass in indolence, resigned to sleep and repasts.

Repeatedly he requested the Admiralty that they would not leave him to rust in indolence.

Word Value for indolence
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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