indiligence
English edit
Etymology edit
Latin indiligentia: compare French indiligence.
Noun edit
indiligence (uncountable)
- Lack of diligence.
- 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter[1]:
- conceit and capacity, by the indiligence of an idle tongue
References edit
- “indiligence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.