Flaneuse

*Shortlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay*Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 by the Financial Times, Guardian, New Statesman, Observer, The Millions and Emerald Street'Fl neuse [flanne-euhze], noun, from the French. Feminine form of fl neur [flanne-euhr], an idler, a dawdling observer, usually found in cities. That is an imaginary definition.'If the word fl ne...