fainaigue

American  

[fuh-neyg] / fəˈneɪg /

verb (used without object)

fainaigued, fainaiguing

1. British Dialect. to shirk; evade work or responsibility.

2. to renege at cards.

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Other Word Forms

• fainaiguer noun

Etymology

Origin of fainaigue

First recorded in 1920–25; of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Old French fornier “to deny, negate” ( for- ( def. ), deny ( def. ) ) or partly modeled on renege ( def. )