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faineant definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger- on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy" [syn: faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective see fainéant II

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Fain'eant Fai`n['e]`ant", a. [F.; fait he does + n['e]ant nothing.] Doing nothing; shiftless. -- n. A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard. --Sir W. Scott.