MALINGER


Meaning of MALINGER in English

— malingerer , n.

/meuh ling"geuhr/ , v.i.

to pretend illness, esp. in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.

[ 1810-20; malingre sickly, ailing, equiv. to mal- MAL- + OF heingre haggard (perh. ]

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