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Fainéant
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fainéant (ˈfeɪnɪənt, French fɛneɑ̃) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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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Word Origin & History
faineant
1610s (n.), from Fr. fainéant (16c.) do-nothing, from fait, third person singular present tense of faire + néant nothing (cf. dolce far niente). As an adj., from 1855.
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