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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
faineant \fai`ne`ant"\, fain'eant
\fai`n['e]`ant"\(f[asl]`n[asl]`[aum]N"), a. [F.; fait he does +
n['e]ant nothing.]
Doing nothing; shiftless; disinclined to work or exertion.
Syn: bone-idle, bone-lazy, do-nothing(prenominal), indolent,
lazy, otiose, shiftless, slothful, workshy, work-shy.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
faineant \fai`ne`ant"\, fain'eant
\fai`n['e]`ant"\(f[asl]`n[asl]`[aum]N"), n.
A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard. --Sir W. Scott.
[1913 Webster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Fain'eant \Fai`n['e]`ant"\, a. [F.; fait he does + n['e]ant
nothing.]
Doing nothing; shiftless. -- n. A do-nothing; an idle fellow;
a sluggard. --Sir W. Scott.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
faineant
adj : 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" [syn: indolent, lazy, otiose,
slothful, work-shy]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
faineant
n.
An irresponsible or lazy person.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
faineant
n.
An irresponsible or lazy person.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
faineant
n.
An irresponsible or lazy person.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
faineant
n.
An irresponsible or lazy person.
From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]
faineant /fˈeɪniːnt/
1. tembel, aylak, boş gezenin boş kalfası.
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 懒惰者,无所事事者;
a. 懒惰的,无所事事的;
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 懒惰者,无所事事者
a. 懒惰的,无所事事的
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