Reverse Dictionary: INDOLENT

ADJECTIVES
​► BONE LAZY extremely indolent or lazy → a1825
► BUSY AS A MAN ON THE TOWN indolent → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► COME DAY, GO DAY easygoing, indolent, unambitious, lackadaisical → 1918 Amer. dial.
► DEAD-SWEER lazy, indolent, unwilling; undecided → 1721 Sc.
► DESIDIOSE idle, slothful, lazy, sluggish, indolent → 1727 obs.
► DESIDIOUS idle, lazy, indolent, slothful, negligent, sluggish → a1540 obs.
► DOGGY listless, indolent; slow; lacking in energy → 1930 Amer. dial.
► DO-NAUGHT idle, indolent → 1879
► DO-NOTHING doing nothing; disinclined to work or exertion; idle, indolent, inactive, lazy → 1832
► DRONISH living on another’s labour; indolent, sluggish → L16
► EASY slow, easy-going; indolent → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► EASYFUL placid, indolent, easygoing, complacent → 1864 Eng. dial.
► FAINÉANT that does nothing; indolent, idle → 1855
► FAT slow-witted, indolent, self-complacent → 1588
► LATCHING lazy, indolent → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► LAZY AS DAVID LAURENCE’S DOG excessively indolent → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► LAZY AS LUDLAM’S DOG excessively indolent → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► LOTOPHAGOUS idle, indolent, dreamy → 1855
► LUSKISH inclined to be lazy or indolent; idle, slothful, sluggish → a1500 obs.
► MACHLESS lazy, sluggish, indolent → 1888 Sc. (Bk.)
► OSCITANT gaping from drowsiness, yawning; hence, drowsy, dull, indolent, negligent, inattentive through drowsiness → 1625 obs.
► OTIANT inactive, doing nothing, indolent → 1845 obs.
► SIESTOSE reposeful, indolent → 1845
► SLOW-BELLIED sluggish, indolent → 1576 obs.
► SWEER disinclined for effort, inactive; indolent, slothful → c725 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► SWEERT lazy, sluggish, reluctant, inactive, slothful, indolent → 1817 Sc.
► ZATELY indolent, idle → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS
► DESIDIOUSNESS laziness; indolence → a1540 obs.
► FEVER-LARGIE ► FEVER-LURDEN ► FEVER-LURK idleness; indolence, laziness → 1873 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► GANAY an idle disposition; indolence → 1876 Eng. dial.
► IDLESHIP inactivity, want of occupation, indolence → 1357 obs.
► INAPPLICATION a not applying oneself to one’s duties; heedlessness, negligence, indolence → 1721
► LAITCH ► LATCH indolence; laziness → 1866 Sc. (Bk.)
► LAWRENCE-LARRY laziness, indolence → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► LUBBERLAND an imaginary land of plenty without labour; a land of laziness; the Paradise of indolence → 1598
► OCIVITY sloth, laziness, indolence → 1550 obs.
► OISIVITY idleness, indolence → 1830
► SWEERDOM indolence, laziness, sloth → c1480 Sc. obs.
► SWEERNESS indolence, laziness, sloth → c888 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► BUMP ON A LOG a good-for-nothing person; a lazy, indolent person → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► COOTER a lazy, indolent person → 1868 Amer. dial.
► DAWDLE a lazy, indolent person; a frivolous, useless person → 1854 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► DAWDLING a lazy, indolent person → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DRONE an indolent person; an idler → E16
► DUD a person dressed in ragged clothing; hence, a feeble, spiritless, or indolent person → 1721 Sc. obs.
► GAUNT-AT-THE-DOOR an indolent, useless person, who sits at the door and yawns; an idler, a loafer; one without mental resources → 1721 Sc. obs.
► HAGGIS a term of contempt applied to a lumpish, unwieldy person; a soft, ‘pudding-headed’ person; an indolent, do-nothing fellow → 1822  
► IDLE-BACK an indolent or lazy person → 1828
► IDLE BELLIES indolent sluggards or gluttons → a1300 obs.
► IDLER one who idles or is idle; one who spends his time in idleness; an indolent or lazy person; a sluggard; one who trifles away his time → 1534
► LAITCH ► LATCH an indolent, dilatory person; a dawdler → 1866 Sc. (Bk.)
► LOTUS-EATER a person who leads a life of idle contentment or luxury, untroubled by the working world, or by practical concerns; an idle or indolent person, esp. one who passes time pleasantly doing nothing productive → 1847
► MICH an indolent, lazy fellow → 1795 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SAWNEY ► SAWNY an indolent person; a lanky person → 1950 Amer. dial.
► SLONK a lazy slinking fellow; an idle, dissolute person; an indolent, clownish fellow; a hanger-on → 19C Eng. dial.
► SLOW-BELLY a lazy, idle, or indolent person; a sluggard, a laggard → 1607

PHRASES
► WHITE DOG BITES, THE used of an indolent and lazy person → 19C Eng. dial.

VERBS
► DRONE to act in a sluggish or indolent manner → E16
► EAT ONE’S OWN FLESH said of an indolent person → 1611