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† inˈdiligence Obs.
[ad. L. indīligentia, f. in- (in-3) + dīligentia diligence.]
1. Want of diligence or application; inconstancy or negligence in effort; indolence, sloth.
1496Sc. Acts Jas. IV (1814) II. 238/2 Gif thai be notit of Indeligence of sleuth þarin, þat þai be punyst be þe kingis gude grace. 1604Edmonds Observ. Cæsar's Comm. 61 The armie was distressed for want of corne by reason of the povertie of the Boij and the indiligence of the Hedui. 1658Phillips, Indiligence, want of diligence, sloth.
2. Want of attention; heedlessness, carelessness.
1636B. Jonson Discov., De optimo scriptore Wks. (Rtldg.) 760/1 Is it not as great an indignity, that an excellent conceit and capacity, by the indiligence of an idle tongue, should be disgrac'd? 1651Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year i. iii. 38 It is with much errour and great indiligence usually taught in this question, that [etc.]. |