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faintsome

faintsome adjective: characterised by fainting or faintness.

Adjective

faintsome (comparative more faintsome, superlative most faintsome)

  1. (dialectal) Characterised by fainting or faintness
    • And that is faintsome work.2001, Thomas Boston, Complete Works of Thomas Boston, Volume 06

Forms of faintsome

comparativemore faintsome
superlativemost faintsome

Origin of faintsome

From faint + -some.

Questions about faintsome

What does faintsome mean?
Faintsome means characterised by fainting or faintness.
What part of speech is faintsome?
Faintsome is an adjective.

Words near faintsome in the dictionary

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

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