- malinger
- To pretend or feign illness or sickness, usually to avoid labor, but sometimes with the idea of enhancing damages or collecting insurance.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
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malinger — index fake, pretend, shirk, shun Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 mal … Law dictionary
malinger — ma‧lin‧ger [məˈlɪŋgə ǁ ər] verb [intransitive] to avoid work by pretending to be ill: • We need to discourage employees from malingering but provide help for those who are genuinely sick. malingerer noun [countable] * * * malinger UK US… … Financial and business terms
Malinger — Ma*lin ger, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {MAlingered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Malingering}.] To act the part of a malingerer; to feign illness or inability. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
malinger — (v.) 1820, from Fr. malingrer to suffer, perhaps also pretend to be ill, from malingre ailing, sickly (13c.), of uncertain origin, possibly a blend of mingre sickly, miserable and malade ill. Mingre is itself a blend of maigre meager + haingre… … Etymology dictionary
malinger — *dodge, parry, sidestep, duck, shirk, fence Analogous words: evade, avoid, elude, *escape, shun … New Dictionary of Synonyms
malinger — ► VERB ▪ exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work. DERIVATIVES malingerer noun. ORIGIN from French malingre weak, sickly … English terms dictionary
malinger — [mə liŋ′gər] vi. [< Fr malingre, sickly, infirm < mal, bad (see MAL ) + ? OFr heingre, lean, haggard] to pretend to be ill or otherwise incapacitated in order to escape duty or work; shirk malingerer n … English World dictionary
malinger — UK [məˈlɪŋɡə(r)] / US [məˈlɪŋɡər] verb [intransitive] Word forms malinger : present tense I/you/we/they malinger he/she/it malingers present participle malingering past tense malingered past participle malingered to avoid work by pretending to be … English dictionary
malinger — verb /məˈlɪŋɡə,məˈlɪŋɡɚ/ 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. See Also: malingerer, malingering, malinge … Wiktionary
malinger — intransitive verb (malingered; malingering) Etymology: French malingre sickly Date: 1820 to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) • malingerer noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
malinger — malingerer, n. /meuh ling geuhr/, v.i. to pretend illness, esp. in order to shirk one s duty, avoid work, etc. [1810 20; < F malingre sickly, ailing, equiv. to mal MAL + OF heingre haggard (perh. < Gmc)] * * * … Universalium
