'Faineance' definitions:
Definition of 'faineance'
From: WordNet
noun
The trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work [syn: faineance, idleness]
Definition of 'Faineance'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]