A white, crystalline substance, C8H7N, obtained from blue indigo, and almost all indigo derivatives, by a process of reduction. It is also formed from albuminous matter, together with skatol, by putrefaction, and by fusion with caustic potash, and is present in human excrement, as well as in the intestinal canal of some herbivora.
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1. Literally, freedom from pain.
1. Freedom from that which pains, or harasses, as toil, care, grief, etc.
1. Habitually idle or indisposed to labor; lazy; listless; sluggish; indulging in ease; applied to persons.
2. Inactive; idle; as an indolent life.
3. Free from pain; as an indolent tumor.
1. Free from toil, pain, or trouble.
2. Indulging in ease; avoiding labor and exertion; habitually idle; lazy; inactive; as, an indolent man.
2. Calm and serene you indolently sit.
In an indolent manner.
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