malinger

(Inglese)

  1. (ambitransitive) To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.
  2. (ambitransitive) To self-inflict real injury or infection (to inflict self-harm) in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.

Pronunciato come (IPA)
/məˈlɪŋɡə/
Etimologia (Inglese)

From French malingrer, from adjective malingre (“delicate, fragile”).

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