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1word1day, karmic_serenity 1word1day faineant \fay-nay-AWN\
adjective:
1. Doing nothing or given to doing nothing; idle; lazy.
noun:
Faineant is from French, from Middle French fait, "does" + néant, "nothing."
A faineant government is not the worst government that
-- Anthony Trollope, Phineas Finn
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