indiligence

English

Etymology

Latin indiligentia: compare French indiligence.

Noun

indiligence (uncountable)

1. Lack of diligence.
   • 1641, Ben Jonson, Discoveries Made upon Men and Matter‎^[1]:

     conceit and capacity, by the indiligence of an idle tongue

References

• “indiligence”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.