Word of the Day – Flâneur

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.”