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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. disinclined to work or exertion;
- Example: "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"
- Example: "an indolent hanger-on"
- Example: "too lazy to wash the dishes"
- Example: "shiftless idle youth"
- Example: "slothful employees"
- Example: "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"
[syn: faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy]



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]


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