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ma⋅lin⋅ger

[muh-ling-ger]
–verb (used without object)
to pretend illness, esp. in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.

Origin:
1810–20; < F malingre sickly, ailing, equiv. to mal- mal- + OF heingre haggard (perh. < Gmc)


ma⋅lin⋅ger⋅er, noun
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ma·lin·ger   (mə-lĭng'gər)   
intr.v.   ma·lin·gered, ma·lin·ger·ing, ma·lin·gers
To feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty or work.

[From French malingre, sickly.]
ma·lin'ger·er n.
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Word Origin & History

malinger 
1785 (implied in malingerer), from Fr. malingrer "to suffer," perhaps also "pretend to be ill," from malingre "ailing, sickly," possibly a blend of mingre "sickly, miserable" and malade "ill." Mingre is itself a blend of maigre "meager" + haingre "sick, haggard," possibly from Gmc. (cf. M.H.G. hager "thin"). The sense evolution may be through notion of beggars with sham sores.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ma·lin·ger
Pronunciation: m&-'li[ng]-g&r
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Forms: ma·lin·gered;ma·lin·ger·ing /-g(&-)ri[ng]/
: to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness so as to avoid duty or work

Main Entry: ma·lin·ger·er
Pronunciation: -&r
Function: noun
: an individual who malingers
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malinger ma·lin·ger (mə-lĭng'gər)
v. ma·lin·gered, ma·lin·ger·ing, ma·lin·gers
To feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty or work.


ma·lin'ger·er n.

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