faineance
English
Etymology
Alteration of faineant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfeɪni.əns/
Noun
faineance (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being faineant.
- 1852 January – 1853 April, Charles Kingsley, Jun., chapter 27, in Hypatia: Or, New Foes with an Old Face. […], volume II, London: John W[illiam] Parker and Son, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
- The mask of sneering faineance was gone.