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faintlings

faintlings is the plural of faintling.

Meaning of faintling

Noun

faintling (plural faintlings)

  1. One who is faint, feeble, or weak.
    • And for a weak and peevish youth, a faintling, A boy of a girl's temper; one who shrinks Trembling and crouching at a look, a word, A lifted ringer, like a beaten hound.1823, THE LITERARY CHRONICLE, page 178

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Questions about faintlings

What is faintlings the plural of?
Faintlings is the plural of faintling.

Words near faintlings in the dictionary

  1. faintishness
  2. faintless
  3. faintlier
  4. faintliest
  5. faintling
  6. faintlings
  7. faintly
  8. faintness
  9. faintnesses
  10. faints
  11. faintsome

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