flaneur
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /flɑːˈnɜː(ɹ)/, /flæˈnɜː(ɹ)/
  • (America) IPA: /flɑˈnʊɚ/
Noun

flaneur (plural flaneurs)

  1. One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace.
    • 2009, Barry Estabrook, Gourmet October 2009, "Good Living", page 57:
      Portsmouth is a flaneur’s dream come true, a place that simply begs to be explored randomly and on foot.
  2. An idler, a loafer.
Synonyms Translations Verb

flaneur (flaneurs, present participle flaneuring; past and past participle flaneured)

  1. To wander aimlessly or at a lounging pace. [since at least the 1860s]
    • 1867, The Ladies' Cabinet of Fashion, Music & Romance, page 64:
      Meantime, we flaneured about the Guernsey market, and a remarkable pretty sight it was this bright morning.
    • 2015, Bruce Bauman, Broken Sleep, Other Press, LLC (ISBN 9781590514498):
      Still, I wrote him often, and although I missed him, through autumn I contentedly flaneured about. At Alchemy's Christmas break we flew to Paris and stayed at Nathaniel's flat on Rue du Cherche-Midi. The three of us would lahdidah to the Luxembourg Gardens, where we read Alchemy the French canon of subversive lit.



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