Flâneur (noun) (French)
flan-oer
a person who lounges or strolls around in a seemingly aimless way; an idler or loafer:
First recorded in 1850–55; from French: literally, “loafer, idler, man about town,” equivalent to flân-, stem of flâner “to waste time” + -eur; cf. flânerie
Example sentences
“Despite his reputation he was not the lazy flaneur she was expecting.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
