Hypertext Webster Gateway: "faineant"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
faineant
adj : 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: {indolent}, {lazy}, {otiose},
{slothful}, {work-shy}]
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