FAIN
Fain, adv.
Defn: With joy; gladly; — with wold.
He would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did
eat. Luke xv. 16.
Fain Would I woo her, yet I dare not. Shak.
FAIN
Fain, v. t. & i.
Defn: To be glad ; to wish or desire. [Obs.]
Whoso fair thing does fain to see. Spencer.
FAINEANCE; FAINEANCY
Fai"ne*ance, Fai"ne*an*cy, n. [Cf. OF. faineance. See Fainéant.]
Defn: Do-nothingness; inactivity; indolence.
The mask of sneering faineance was gone.
C. Kingsley.
FAINEANT
Fai`né`ant", a. Etym: [F.; fait he does + néant nothing.]
Defn: Doing nothing; shiftless.
— n.
Defn: A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard. Sir W. Scott.