2. Indulging in ease; avoiding labor and exertion; habitually idle;
lazy; inactive; as, an indolent man.
To waste long nights in indolent repose.
Pope.
3. (Med.) Causing little or no pain or annoyance; as, an indolent
tumor.
Syn. -- Idle; lazy; slothful; sluggish; listless; inactive; inert. See
Idle.
In"do*lent*ly, adv. In an indolent manner.
Calm and serene you indolently sit.
Addison.
||In"do*les (?), n. [L. Cf. Adolescence.] Natural disposition; natural
||quality or abilities.
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In"do*lin (?), n. [See Indol.] (Chem.) A dark resinous substance,
polymeric with indol, and obtained by the reduction of indigo white.
In*dom"a*ble (?), a. [L. indomabilis; pref. in- not + domabilis
tamable.] Indomitable. [Obs.]
In*dom"i*ta*ble (?), a. [L. indomitabilis; pref. in- not + domitare,
intens. fr. domare to tame. See Tame.] Not to be subdued; untamable;
invincible; as, an indomitable will, courage, animal.
In*dom"ite (?), a. [L. indomitus.] Not tamed; untamed; savage; wild.
[Obs.] J. Salkeld.
In*domp"ta*ble (?), a. [F. indomptable, L. indomitabilis.] Indomitable.
[Obs.] Tooke.
In"door` (?), a. Done or being within doors; within a house or
institution; domestic; as, indoor work.
In"doors` (?), adv. Within the house; -- usually separated, in doors.
In`do*phe"nol (?), n. [Indigo + phenol.] (Chem.) Any one of a series of
artificial blue dyestuffs, resembling indigo in appearance, and
obtained by the action of phenol on certain nitrogenous derivatives of
quinone. Simple indophenol proper has not yet been isolated.
In*dors"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being indorsed; transferable;
convertible.