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[–] [email protected] 48 points 10 months ago (5 children)

You guys are just learning French I swear

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Yeah désuet and flâneur are as common in French as abandoned and loiterer are in English. I'd say only the first word describes something that there isn't another common word for.

[–] Orygin 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

It is, but I can't say I would use it in everyday conversation like the other two.

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