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Definition of fainéant in English: fainéantnoun ˈfeɪneɪɒ̃ˈfānēənt archaic An idle or ineffective person. 〈古〉懒汉；游手好闲者 Synonyms unmoving, motionless, immobile, still, stock-still, stationary, static, dormant, sleeping
adjective ˈfeɪneɪɒ̃ˈfānēənt Idle or ineffective. 〈古〉懒汉；游手好闲者 Example sentencesExamples - In Merovingian France in the Dark Ages the kings became known as les rois fainéants - the idle or lazy kings - and gradually lost power to the Mayors of the Palace, who eventually took the crown themselves.
- The result could only be to weaken a legislature already fainéant enough, and further to accentuate that excess of executive power Furet had termed a national pathology.
- Vulgar yet pretentious, tough yet incompetent, cynical, worldly and fainéant, the Berton brothers, as their name suggests, would have been better running a circus than a military school.
- She had a stronger character than her fainéant brother who was a worthless man of pleasure, and she was naturally conscious of her intellectual superiority.
OriginEarly 17th century: from French, from fait 'does' + néant 'nothing'. Definition of fainéant in US English: fainéantnounˈfānēənt archaic An idle or ineffective person. 〈古〉懒汉；游手好闲者 Synonyms unmoving, motionless, immobile, still, stock-still, stationary, static, dormant, sleeping
adjectiveˈfānēənt Idle or ineffective. 〈古〉懒汉；游手好闲者 Example sentencesExamples - In Merovingian France in the Dark Ages the kings became known as les rois fainéants - the idle or lazy kings - and gradually lost power to the Mayors of the Palace, who eventually took the crown themselves.
- The result could only be to weaken a legislature already fainéant enough, and further to accentuate that excess of executive power Furet had termed a national pathology.
- She had a stronger character than her fainéant brother who was a worthless man of pleasure, and she was naturally conscious of her intellectual superiority.
- Vulgar yet pretentious, tough yet incompetent, cynical, worldly and fainéant, the Berton brothers, as their name suggests, would have been better running a circus than a military school.
OriginEarly 17th century: from French, from fait ‘does’ + néant ‘nothing’. |