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fainthood

fainthood noun: the condition, quality, or state of being faint; faintness.

Noun

fainthood (uncountable)

  1. The condition, quality, or state of being faint; faintness.
    • I felt myself turn blue then green then white, but before I succumbed to the growing onslaught of fainthood, I crawled (no joke, literally tugging at the carpet strands for leverage) back to my bed and awakened my pregnant wife.2005, Mark Steele, Flashbang: How I Got Over Myself - Page 4
    • Ethereal fainthood runs its flippant mileage per incarnation, whether unflowered or not. Sand feathers broth against the foolish lees. Daintily the weather assumes a much colder view.2007, Vernon Frazer, Bodied Tone - Page 102

Origin of fainthood

From faint + -hood.

Questions about fainthood

What does fainthood mean?
Fainthood means the condition, quality, or state of being faint; faintness.
What part of speech is fainthood?
Fainthood is a noun.

Words near fainthood in the dictionary

  1. fainthearted
  2. faintheartedly
  3. faintheartedness
  4. faintheartednesses
  5. fainthearts
  6. fainthood
  7. faintier
  8. faintiest
  9. faintified
  10. fainting
  11. fainting goat

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