- fain'eant
- 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]
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fain'eant — 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fain'eant deity — Fain[ e]ant deity A deity recognized as real but conceived as not acting in human affairs, hence not worshiped. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
derelict — adj 1. abandoned, forsaken, deserted, neglected; relinquished, given up, left behind, Naut. (of a ship) a hull; discarded, rejected, cast off or away or aside; shunned, scorned, outcast, forlorn; bereft, adrift, alone, solitary, lonely, desolate; … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
