flaneur
noun/flɑːˈnɜː(ɹ)/UK/flɑˈnʊɚ/US
Etymology
From French flâneur (“loafer, idler, dawdler, loiterer”).
Definitions
One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to…
One who wanders aimlessly, who roams, who travels at a lounging pace. One who walks to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.
- It often seemed to Mallet that he wholly lacked the prime requisite of a graceful flâneur—the simple, sensuous, confident relish of pleasure.
An idler, a loafer.
- The Byrons and Brookes who had defied life from mountain tops were in the end but flaneurs and poseurs, at best mistaking the shadow of courage for the substance of wisdom.
To wander aimlessly or at a lounging pace. To walk to observe and enjoy rather than to…
To wander aimlessly or at a lounging pace. To walk to observe and enjoy rather than to get somewhere.
- Meantime, we flaneured about the Guernsey market, and a remarkable pretty sight it was this bright morning.
- Flaneuring, at its essence, is the art of wandering aimlessly through urban environments, observing the world with a curious and open mind. It's about savoring the journey rather than fixating on a destination.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA