flâneur

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  1. noun An aimless idler; a loafer.

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  • By night, I strolled darkened streets like Baudelaire's flâneur. —  New York Press
  • Yet neorealism would seem to be a necessary condition for flâneur movies, which, despite —  GreenCine Daily
  • Offering his project to the "urban flâneur," he advised us to take our time, since "time is the last luxury we have." —  artforum.com
  • Becoming evermore the Baudelarian flâneur, I surveyed couples rowing and friends singing and swaying their way home. —  Telegraph Blogs
  • In her book, Helgoe talks about the French term "flâneur" (feminine, "flâneuse"). —  World Hum
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  1. French, from flâner, to idle about, stroll, of Germanic origin; see pelə-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. French, a lounger, loiterer, from flâner, lounge, loiter, stroll about, dial. gossip; cf. Icelandic flana, rush heedlessly: see flan.
 

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