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Definition of Indoles
1. n. Natural disposition; natural quality or abilities.
Definition of Indoles
1. Noun. (plural of indole#English indole) ¹
2. Noun. Natural disposition; innate character; unalterable intrinsic traits and qualities (qualifier collectively).The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (2007) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Indoles
1. indole [n] - See also: indole
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indoles
Literary usage of Indoles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hermathena by Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) (1896)
"Videtur enim esse indoles, sed flexibilis aetas. With indoles Wesenberg proposes
to supply bona ; but there is no necessity to do so: indoles by itself can ..."
2. A Practical Introduction to Latin Prose Composition by Thomas Kerchever Arnold (1908)
"Ingenium often = "abilities," "genius," as distinct from indoles or virtus.
It is never used in the plural of a single person : once Cicero joins the two ..."
3. Transactions of the ... Annual Meeting of the Western Literary Institute by David L. Talbott (1837)
"That there is the bona indoles of the Romans, a good natural disposition, ...
In proof of this incorrigible prava indoles, and of the natural bias to a ..."
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