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fainty

/ˈfeɪnti/

fainty adjective: feeble; languid; inclined to faint.

Adjective

fainty (comparative faintier, superlative faintiest)

  1. (dialectal) feeble; languid; inclined to faint
    • When I was young the sight of blood made me go fainty, but I laugh at it now.1918, Eden Phillpotts, The Spinners
    • 'Tis enough to make you feel fainty.1912, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native

Forms of fainty

comparativefaintier
superlativefaintiest

Origin of fainty

From faint + -y.

Questions about fainty

What does fainty mean?
Fainty means feeble; languid; inclined to faint.
What part of speech is fainty?
Fainty is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fainty?
Fainty is pronounced /ˈfeɪnti/.

Words near fainty in the dictionary

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

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