hebetude & faineant (Two wonderful insults.(

[scottobear]

hebetude (HEB-uh-tood-; -tyood), noun:
Mental dullness or sluggishness.

Hebetude derives ultimately from Latin hebes, "blunt, dull, mentally dull, sluggish, stupid." The adjective form is hebetudinous (heb-uh-TOOD-n-us; -TYOOD-).

faineant (FAY-nee-uhnt, French: fay-nay-AHN) adjective

Idle.

noun

A do-nothing; idler.

[From French, alteration of fait-nient (literally, does nothing), by folk etymology from faignant, present participle of faindre (to feign).]

by the way, totally unrelated... I *love* the backdate command. Hides stuff in "plain sight".

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[poppie.livejournal.com]

::Stares, hebetudinously faineant, at your post::

Hehehe! I like these ones the best, so far!

--Merri
"Sittin' here doin' nothin' keeps me busy all day"
"ActivelyDayDreaming"
"My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely"
(my email sig)

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[scottobear.livejournal.com]

*relaxes in faineant hebetude

I'm glad you like!