indolence
111dolce vita — noun Etymology: Italian, literally, sweet life Date: 1961 a life of indolence and self indulgence called also la dolce vita …
112inactive — adjective Date: 1664 not active: as a. (1) sedentary (2) indolent, sluggish b. (1) being out of use (2) relating to or being members of the armed forces who are not performing or available for military duties (3) of a disease quiescent …
113indolent — adjective Etymology: Late Latin indolent , indolens insensitive to pain, from Latin in + dolent , dolens, present participle of dolēre to feel pain Date: 1663 1. a. causing little or no pain b. slow to develop or heal < indolent tumors > <… …
114languor — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French langur, from Latin languor, from languēre Date: 14th century 1. weakness or weariness of body or mind 2. listless indolence or inertia Synonyms: see lethargy …
115lotus — noun Etymology: Latin & Greek; Latin lotus, from Greek lōtos Date: circa 1541 1. (also lotos) a fruit eaten by the lotus eaters and considered to cause indolence and dreamy contentment; also a tree (as Zizyphus lotus of the buckthorn family)… …
116lotus-eater — noun Date: 1832 1. any of a people in Homer s Odyssey subsisting on the lotus and living in the dreamy indolence it induces 2. an indolent person …
117sloth — noun (plural sloths) Etymology: Middle English slouthe, from slow slow Date: 12th century 1. a. disinclination to action or labor ; indolence b. spiritual apathy and inactivity < the deadly sin of sloth > 2. any of various slo …
118unnerve — transitive verb Date: 1601 1. to deprive of courage, strength, or steadiness 2. to cause to become nervous ; upset • unnervingly adverb Synonyms: unnerve, enervate, unman, emasculate mean to deprive of strength or vigor and the capacity for… …
119lazy — I. adjective (lazier; est) Etymology: perhaps from Middle Low German lasich feeble; akin to Middle High German erleswen to become weak Date: 1549 1. a. disinclined to activity or exertion ; not energetic or vigorous b. encouraging inactivity or… …
120APATHIE — s. f. État d une âme qui n est susceptible d aucune émotion. Être dans l apathie. Les stoïciens voulaient que leur sage fût dans une entière apathie. Il est peu usité en ce sens. Il se dit le plus communément en mauvaise part, et signifie,… …
