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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fain'eant \Fai`n['e]`ant"\, a. [F.; fait he does + n['e]ant nothing.] Doing nothing; shiftless. -- n. A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard. --Sir W. Scott. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: 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}]
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