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Indolence. [Obs.] Holland.

Indulging in ease; avoiding labor and exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive; as, an indolent man. To waste long nights in indolent repose. Pope.

In an indolent manner. Calm and serene you indolently sit. Addison.

Natural disposition; natural quality or abilities.

The cackerel.

The quality of being redolent; sweetness of scent; pleasant odor; fragrance.

e; spreading sweet scent; scented; odorous; smelling; -- usually followed by of. "Honey redolent of spring." Dryden. -- Red"o*lent*ly, adv. Gales . . . redolent of joy and youth. Gray.

constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy; -- opposed to dull, sluggish, indolent, or inert; as, an active man of business; active mind; active zeal.

One who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc.

Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's "Castle of Indolence."

n; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. "The apathy of despair." Macaulay. A certain apathy or sluggishness in his nature which led him…

The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See Mendole.

A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer. Dunglison.

Expressing condolence. Smart.

The state or quality of being desidiose, or indolent. [Obs.] N. Bacon.

To require; to demand; to claim. [Obs.] A doleful case desires a doleful song. Spenser.

Full of grief; sad; sorrowful; doleful; dismal; as, a dolorous object; dolorous discourses. You take me in too dolorous a sense; I spake to you for your comfort. Shak.

Sorrow; dole. [Obs.] Spenser.

Like a drone; indolent; slow. Burke. -- Dron"ish*ly, adv. -- Dron"ish*ness, n.

ncy; ill humor; -- now used only in the plural. March slowly on in solemn dump. Hudibras. Doleful dumps the mind oppress. Shak. I was musing in the midst of my dumps. Bunyan.