[məˈlɪŋɡə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- pretend to be ill in order to escape duty or work
(e.g: while some thought I was malingering, they couldn't see the pain I dealt with)


Phrases:

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