Word of the Day: Malingerer
PRONUNCIATION: [muh-ling-ger]
MEANING:
noun, verb: to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work).
--> ETYMOLOGY: 1810–20; < French malingre sickly, ailing,
equivalent to mal- mal- + Old French heingre haggard
(perhaps < Gmc)
USAGE: His boss suspected him of malingering because of his frequent absences from work.
SYNONYMS: dodger, goof-off, idler, loafer, shirker
PRONUNCIATION: [muh-ling-ger]
MEANING:
noun, verb: to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work).
--> ETYMOLOGY: 1810–20; < French malingre sickly, ailing,
equivalent to mal- mal- + Old French heingre haggard
(perhaps < Gmc)
SYNONYMS: dodger, goof-off, idler, loafer, shirker
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