Fainéant

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:35:29

Fai`n'e`ant" (?), a. [F.; fait he does + n'eant nothing.]

Doing nothing; shiftless.

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n.

A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.

Sir W. Scott.

 

© Webster 1913.

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