faintness

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faintness

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From Middle English faintnesse, feintnesse, equivalent to faint + -ness.

noun faintnesses

  1. countable, uncountable 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.

    Similar: faintheartedness, dimness

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noun property of being faint

DeutschSchwäche, Mattigkeit, Mattheit, Verblasstheit
Italianostornimento, stordimento, malore, svenevolezza

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@misc{faintness_2026,
  title = {faintness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/faintness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}