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fainéant
/ ˈfeɪnɪənt; fɛneɑ̃ /
noun
- a lazy person; idler
adjective
- indolent
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Derived Forms
- ˈfaineance, noun
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Other Words From
- fai·ne·ance [fey, -nee-, uh, ns], noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of fainéant1
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Example Sentences
While a roi faineant may fulfil effectively all the essential duties of sovereignty, an autocrate faineant is an absurdity.
Yours is the faineant spirit of the decadent, masquerading in the garb of a sham primitivism.
I take it as a kingdom, and I cannot be roi faineant, with a steward for maire du palais.
They were the Mayors of that Palace; he only le roi faineant.
I'd rather marry the roughest viking that ever sailed the seas than the most accomplished faineant.
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