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Definition of Fainéant
1. Adjective. Disinclined to work or exertion. "The unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"
Similar to: Idle
Derivative terms: Faineance, Indolence, Laziness, Laziness, Slothfulness
Definition of Fainéant
1. Noun. An irresponsible or lazy person. ¹
2. Noun. (alternative spelling of faineant) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fainéant
1. a lazy person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fainéant
Literary usage of Fainéant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Medieval Europe from 395 to 1270 by Charles Bémont, Gabriel Monod (1902)
"The period known as the " faineant" kings dates from the death of Dagobert.
These later Merovingians merely pass across the stage; they succeeded to the ..."
2. The Poems of Charles Fenno Hoffman by Charles Fenno Hoffman (1873)
"LE FAINEANT. " ATOW arouse thee, Sir Knight, from thine in- 1\ dolent ease, Fling
boldly thy banner abroad in the breeze, Strike home for thy lady—strive ..."
3. The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy by Ordericus Vitalis, Léopold Delisle, Guizot (François) (1854)
"At last Charles the Simple, son of Lewis Faineant,1 no longer able to resist
Rollo, came to terms with him, giving him his daughter Gisla in marriage, ..."
4. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"Faineant. [Fr.] Do-nothing. Faints. The impure spirit which comes over first and
last in distilling whisky. Fairies. ..."
5. Handbook of Mediaeval Geography and History by Wilhelm Pütz, Robert Bateman Paul (1850)
"Lewis V. (Faineant) without male issue, after a reign of fourteen months, his
uncle Charles, duke of Lower Lorraine, was excluded from the succession, ..."
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