Fainaigue Definition

verb

(intransitive) To evade work or shirk responsibility.

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(intransitive) To renege in card games.

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Origin of Fainaigue

  • Maybe from fain, homonym of feign (“to pretend”) and ague (“acute illness”) or cognate French aigüe (as in maladie aiguë, “acute illness”) – literally “to act sick”.

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  • Unknown Britishism, of uncertain origin.

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