English Dictionary: faineance | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Faineance \Fai"ne*ance\, Faineancy \Fai"ne*an*cy\, n. [Cf. OF. faineance. See {Fain[82]ant}.] Do-nothingness; inactivity; indolence. The mask of sneering faineance was gone. --C. Kingsley. |