Faineance

//ˈfeɪni.əns// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being faineant. uncountable

    "The mask of sneering faineance was gone."

  2. 2
    the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
idlenessfaineancyidlenesslazinesslaziness

Example

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"The mask of sneering faineance was gone."

Etymology

Alteration of faineant.

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