DCHP-1 Online
paresseux < Cdn F < F paresseux lazy Obs. 
n. a sluggish stream; deadwater; backwater.
- 1804 (1933) After breakfast we walked up to the dead water -- met a canoe with 4 men a little above the paresseux from Lac des Chiens.
- 1804 (1933) After breakfast we walked up to the dead water -- met a canoe with 4 men a little above the paresseux from Lac des Chiens.