indulgent
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin indulgēns, indulgentem, present participle of indulgēre.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ɪnˈdʌld͡ʒənt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Hyphenation: in‧dul‧gent
Adjective
editindulgent (comparative more indulgent, superlative most indulgent)
- Disposed or prone to indulge, humor, gratify, or yield to one's own or another's desires, etc., or to be compliant, lenient, or forbearing;
- an indulgent parent
- to be indulgent to servants
- 1977, Agatha Christie, chapter 4, in An Autobiography, part I, London: Collins, →ISBN:
- An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
- 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Mr. Burns is similarly perfectly cast as a heartless capitalist willing to do anything for a quick buck, even if it means endangering the lives of those around him and Marge elegantly rounds out the main cast as a good, pure-hearted and overly indulgent woman who sees the big, good heart (literally and metaphorically) of a monstrous man-brute.
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editprone to indulge
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indulging oneself
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gentle, lenient, forbearing, tolerant
Further reading
edit- “indulgent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editLearned borrowing from Latin indulgēns.
Adjective
editindulgent (feminine indulgente, masculine plural indulgents, feminine plural indulgentes)
- lenient (tolerant; not strict)
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form..
Verb
editindulgent
Further reading
edit- “indulgent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editVerb
editindulgent
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French indulgent, from Latin indulgens.
Adjective
editindulgent m or n (feminine singular indulgentă, masculine plural indulgenți, feminine and neuter plural indulgente)
Declension
editDeclension of indulgent
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | indulgent | indulgentă | indulgenți | indulgente | ||
definite | indulgentul | indulgenta | indulgenții | indulgentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | indulgent | indulgente | indulgenți | indulgente | ||
definite | indulgentului | indulgentei | indulgenților | indulgentelor |
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