Obs.–1 [a. older F. vau-, vautneant, f. vaut 3rd pers. sing. pres. of valoir to be worth + neant nothing.] A good-for-nothing person.
1621. T. Williamson, trans. Goulart’s Wise Vieillard, 109. We can doe no other then blame these vau-neantes, vaine & vitious persons.
