Adjective has 1 sense

• faineant(s = adj.all) indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy - disinclined to work or exertion; "an indolent hanger-on"; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"

Derived form noun faineance₁