faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy
(adjective) disinclined to work or exertion; “faineant kings under whose rule the country languished”; “an indolent hanger-on”; “too lazy to wash the dishes”; “shiftless idle youth”; “slothful employees”; “the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
faineant (plural faineants)
An irresponsible or lazy person.
Synonym: Thesaurus:idler
Source: Wiktionary
Fai`né`ant", a. Etym: [F.; fait he does + néant nothing.]
Definition: Doing nothing; shiftless.
– n.
Definition: A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
8 February 2025
(noun) the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state; “the state has lowered its income tax”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
