词汇 | indolent |
词源 | indolent [M17th] It now means ‘lazy’, but indolent was originally a medical term, referring to an ulcer or tumour that caused no pain to the patient. This reflects its root, Latin in- ‘not’ and dolere ‘to suffer or give pain’. |
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