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Malinger

//məˈlɪŋɡə// name, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Verb
  1. 1
    To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk. ambitransitive

    "It is not uncommon on exam days for several students to malinger rather than prepare themselves."

  2. 2
    avoid responsibilities and duties, e.g., by pretending to be ill wordnet
  3. 3
    To self-inflict real injury or infection (to inflict self-harm) in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk. ambitransitive

Etymology

From French malingrer, from adjective malingre (“delicate, fragile”).

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