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indulgent

English

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Etymology

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From Latin indulgēns, indulgentem, present participle of indulgēre.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈdʌld͡ʒənt/
  • Hyphenation: in‧dul‧gent

Adjective

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indulgent (comparative more indulgent, superlative most indulgent)

  1. 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.

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Learned borrowing from Latin indulgēns.

Adjective

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indulgent (feminine indulgente, masculine plural indulgents, feminine plural indulgentes)

  1. lenient (tolerant; not strict)
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form..

Verb

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indulgent

  1. third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of indulger

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Latin

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Verb

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indulgent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of indulgeō

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French indulgent, from Latin indulgens.

Adjective

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indulgent m or n (feminine singular indulgentă, masculine plural indulgenți, feminine and neuter plural indulgente)

  1. indulgent

Declension

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singular plural
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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