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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: faineant(0.01049 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to faineant.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: faineant
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: faineant
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]
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]