faineant

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faineant

/ˈfeɪniənt/

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From Old French fay neant, alteration of feignant (“idler”), present participle of feindre, modelled on fait (“does”) + neant (“nothing”).

noun faineants · fainéant

An irresponsible or lazy person.
Similar: bum, couch potato, dawdler, deadbeat, dogfucker, do-naught, do-nothing, dosser, idler, idleton, faineant, flaneur

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@misc{faineant_2026,
  title = {faineant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/faineant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}