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faintnesses

faintnesses is the plural of faintness.

Meaning of faintness

Noun

faintness (countable and uncountable, plural faintnesses)

  1. The property of being or feeling faint.
    • And he first took exceptions at this badge, / Pronouncing that the paleness of this flower / Bewray'd the faintness of my master's heart.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about faintnesses

What is faintnesses the plural of?
Faintnesses is the plural of faintness.

Words near faintnesses in the dictionary

  1. faintliest
  2. faintling
  3. faintlings
  4. faintly
  5. faintness
  6. faintnesses
  7. faints
  8. faintsome
  9. faintward
  10. fainty
  11. Fainu

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