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The trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work
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faineance
Word definitions for faineance in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Faineance \Fai"ne*ance\, Faineancy \Fai"ne*an*cy\, n. [Cf. OF. faineance. See Fain['e]ant .] Do-nothingness; inactivity; indolence. The mask of sneering faineance was gone. --C. Kingsley.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work [syn: idleness ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being faineant.