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Definition of 'faineant' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy
disinclined to work or exertion
"faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"


Definition of 'faineant' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) faineant
doing nothing; shiftless

2. (noun) faineant
a do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard



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