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   Ma·lin·ger

   /məˈliNGɡər/

   

   verb

   • 1. exaggerate or feign illness in order to escape duty or work: "people who had psychosomatic complaints were probably malingering"

   Word Origin early 19th century: back-formation from malingerer, apparently from French malingre, perhaps formed as mal- ‘wrongly’ + haingre ‘weak’, probably of Germanic origin.

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • M

     3

   • A

     1

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • G

     2

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

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