THE FIRST WORD

malingerer

PRONUNCIATION:

(muh-LING-gehr-uhr) 

MEANING:

noun: One who feigns illness in order to avoid work.

ETYMOLOGY:

From French malingre (sickly). Earliest documented use: 1785.

USAGE:

"Various studies have undertaken how to separate malingerers from the legitimately brain-injured."
Shawn Vestal; Trooper's Tangle; Spokesman Review (Spokane, Washington); Aug 17, 2012.