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]
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