- MAlingered
- Malinger Ma*lin"ger, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {MAlingered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Malingering}.] To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or inability. [1913 Webster]
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MAlingered
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Malinger — Ma*lin ger, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {MAlingered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Malingering}.] To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or inability. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Malingering — Malinger Ma*lin ger, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {MAlingered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Malingering}.] To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or inability. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
malinger — intransitive verb (malingered; malingering) Etymology: French malingre sickly Date: 1820 to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) • malingerer noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
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malinger — (v.) 1820, from Fr. malingrer to suffer, perhaps also pretend to be ill, from malingre ailing, sickly (13c.), of uncertain origin, possibly a blend of mingre sickly, miserable and malade ill. Mingre is itself a blend of maigre meager + haingre… … Etymology dictionary
malinger — [[t]məlɪ̱ŋgə(r)[/t]] malingers, malingering, malingered VERB: usu cont (disapproval) If someone is malingering, they pretend to be ill in order to avoid working. She was told by her doctor that she was malingering … English dictionary
