ma|lin|ger «muh LIHNG guhr», intransitive verb.
to pretend to be sick or injured in order to escape work or duty; shirk: »
Hastie examined him; and…knew not…whether the man was sick or malingering (Robert Louis Stevenson).
╂[< French malingre sickly < Old French, a proper name, perhaps < mal- mal- + heingre or haingre sick, haggard]
–ma|lin´ger|er, noun.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.