| 单词 | faineant |
| 释义 | faineant in British Englishnoun 1. lazy person adjective 2. indolent fainéant in British English (ˈfeɪnɪənt, French fɛneɑ̃) noun 1. a lazy person; idler adjective 2. indolent Derived forms faineance (ˈfaineance) or faineancy (ˈfaineancy) noun Word origin C17: from French, modification of earlier fait-nient (he) does nothing, by folk etymology from Old French faignant shirker, from faindre to be lazyfainéant in American English (ˈfeɪniənt; French fɛneɪˈɑ̃) adjective 1. lazy; idle noun 2. a lazy, idle person Word origin Fr < OFr faignant, an idler, orig. prp. of feindre (see feign); altered by folk etym. as if < Fr fait, (he) does + néant, nothing |
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