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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
faineant
    adj 1: 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: faineant, indolent,
           lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
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