Malinger Definition

mə-lĭnggər
malingers
verb
malingers
To pretend to be ill or otherwise incapacitated in order to escape duty or work; shirk.
Webster's New World

(intransitive) To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work or obligation.

It is not uncommon on exam days for several students to malinger rather than prepare themselves.
Wiktionary

Origin of Malinger

  • From French malingrer, from adjective malingre.

    From Wiktionary

  • From French malingre sickly

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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