'Faineancy' definitions:

Definition of 'Faineancy'

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.]

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