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fainéant

 [-uhnts; Fr. -ahn 

fai·né·ant

   [fey-nee-uhnt; Fr. fe-ney-ahn] adjective, noun, plural fai·né·ants  [-uhnts; Fr. -ahn] .
adjective
1.
Also, fai·ne·ant  [fey-nee-uhnt] . idle; indolent.
noun
2.
an idler.

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Origin:
1610–20; < French, earlier fait-nient, literally, he does nothing, pseudo-etymological alteration of Old French faignant idler, noun use of present participle of se faindre to shirk. See feign, faint

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fai·ne·ance  [fey-nee-uhns] , noun
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fainéant (ˈfeɪnɪənt, French fɛneɑ̃)
 
—n
1.  a lazy person; idler
 
—adj
2.  indolent
 
[C17: from French, modification of earlier fait-nient (he) does nothing, by folk etymology from Old French faignant shirker, from faindre to be lazy]
 
'faineance
 
—n
 
'faineancy
 
—n

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