FAINEANT


Meaning of FAINEANT in English

[fai.ne.ant] n, pl faineants [F, fr. MF fait-nient, lit., does nothing, by folk etymology fr. faignant, fr. prp. of faindre, feindre to feign] (1619): an irresponsible idler

[2]fai.ne.ant adj (1855): idle and ineffectual: indolent

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