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fainéant
adjective as in lazy
noun as in idler
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While a roi faineant may fulfil effectively all the essential duties of sovereignty, an autocrate faineant is an absurdity.
Yours is the faineant spirit of the decadent, masquerading in the garb of a sham primitivism.
I take it as a kingdom, and I cannot be roi faineant, with a steward for maire du palais.
They were the Mayors of that Palace; he only le roi faineant.
I'd rather marry the roughest viking that ever sailed the seas than the most accomplished faineant.
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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to fainéant, such as: idle, inactive, indolent, slothful, sluggard, and sluggish.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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