Plural of faineant; multiple lazy, idle people who avoid work and effort.
Simple plural form of 'faineant', adding -s to the noun form.
When medieval historians wrote about 'les faineants' at the French court, they were describing an entire class of nobles who held power but did no actual work—a pattern that makes sense why it became a permanent word!
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