Today's Word "faineant"
A do-nothing
faineant \fay-nay-AWN\ (adjective) - 1 : Doing nothing or given to doing nothing; idle; lazy.
(noun) - 1 : A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.
"A faineant government is not the worst government that England can have. It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something." -- Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn
Faineant is from French, from Middle French fait, "does" + neant, "nothing."
(noun) - 1 : A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard.
"A faineant government is not the worst government that England can have. It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something." -- Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn
Faineant is from French, from Middle French fait, "does" + neant, "nothing."
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