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fainéant

/ˈfeɪneɪɒ̃

noun archaic

An idle or ineffective person.In Merovingian France in the Dark Ages the kings became known as les rois fainéants - the idle or lazy kings - and gradually lost power to the Mayors of the Palace, who eventually took the crown themselves....

The result could only be to weaken a legislature already fainéant enough, and further to accentuate that excess of executive power Furet had termed a national pathology.
Vulgar yet pretentious, tough yet incompetent, cynical, worldly and fainéant, the Berton brothers, as their name suggests, would have been better running a circus than a military school.

adjective

Idle or ineffective.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French, from fait 'does' + néant 'nothing'.

单词	fainéant
释义	fainéant /ˈfeɪneɪɒ̃ / noun archaic An idle or ineffective person.In Merovingian France in the Dark Ages the kings became known as les rois fainéants - the idle or lazy kings - and gradually lost power to the Mayors of the Palace, who eventually took the crown themselves.... The result could only be to weaken a legislature already fainéant enough, and further to accentuate that excess of executive power Furet had termed a national pathology. Vulgar yet pretentious, tough yet incompetent, cynical, worldly and fainéant, the Berton brothers, as their name suggests, would have been better running a circus than a military school. adjective Idle or ineffective. Origin Early 17th century: from French, from fait 'does' + néant 'nothing'.
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