Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: indifference – individual
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indifference, n. [Fr. indifférence < L.] (webplay: die, weight).
Detachment; impassivity; insensibility; wooden aspect; lack of expression; [fig.] coldness; hardness; rigidity; rigor mortis; stiffness of death.
indifferent, adj. [Fr. < L. indifferent-em, not differing, of no consequence.] (webplay: another, mind).
- Equal; commensurate; the same; not mattering; making no difference; of no consequence; one way or the other.
- Detached; static; feeling nothing.
- Impartial; disinterested.
indifferent, adv. [see indifferent, adj.]
- Neglectfully; inattentively; passively.
- Impassively; insensibly; [fig.] motionlessly; dead.
indigence, n. [Fr. < L. indigere, lack, want.] (webplay: poverty, want).
Real penury; true destitution; lack of essentials.
indignant, adj. [L. indignari, regard as unworthy.]
Upset; resentful; angry; disapproving; offended.
indignation, n. [see indignant, adj.]
Resentment; impatience.
indigo, n. [L. indicum, blue Indian dye.] (webplay: leaves).
Anil; blue substance; cool azure color; deep blue dye traditionally from India; [fig.] a bluebird's feathers.
indiscreet, adj. [Fr. indiscret < L.]
Imprudent; inconsiderate; thoughtless in speech; careless with language; not wise with words; unable to keep a secret.
individual, adj. [Med. L. individualis, inseparable, indivisible.] (webplay: existence, man, one, separate).
- Unique; singular; special; customized; tailor-made; one-by-one.
- Own; personal; specific; belonging to oneself.
- Solo; single; solitary; exclusive; reclusive; cloistered; all alone; [fig.] lonely; plaintive.
individual (-s), n. [see individual, adj.]
- Single person; specific personage; unique human being; [fig.] mortal.
- Seeker; wanderer; person all alone.
- Creature; wight; thing; being in Nature.