Malinger (verb)
mal-ing-er
to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one’s duty, avoid work, etc.
Malinger, “to pretend illness,” is an adaptation of French malingre, “sickly, ailing,” with a change in spelling perhaps because of the influence of English linger, which is not at all related
Example sentences
“Don’t malinger around the kitchen garnering sympathy.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
