Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Aimless idling; dawdling.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Lounging; the idle, sauntering life of a flâneur.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Lit., strolling; sauntering; hence, aimlessness; idleness.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[French, from flâner, to idle about, stroll; see flâneur.]

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