flaneur

Plural: flaneurs

Noun

• An idler or stroller, often one who observes society.
• One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.
• An idler, a loafer.

Verb

• To wander aimlessly or at a lounging pace. To walk to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.

Examples

• He played FLANEUR, a good word, but spent too much time observing rather than acting.

Synonyms

ambler, bum, couch potato, dawdler, deadbeat, do-naught, do-nothing, dogfucker, dosser, faineant, flaneur, footler, get-nothing, goldbricker, goof-off, idler, idleton, laggard, lallygag, layabout, lazy ass, lazy louse, lazybones, lidderon, lie-abed, loafer, loiter-sack, lollygagger, lounge lizard, lounger, morepork, poop, ragabash, saunterer, shirker, slacker, slow belly, slug-a-bed, slugabed, slugabug, sluggabed, sluggard, sofa spud, stroller, tarrier, truant, wanderer