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faintful

adj

Etymology

From faint + -ful.

  1. derived from *dʰeyǵʰ-✻
  2. derived from fingo
  3. derived from faint
  4. inherited from faynt
  5. suffixed as faintful — “faint + ful”

Definitions

  1. Displaying weakness, frailty, or faintness

    Displaying weakness, frailty, or faintness; fainting; dejected

    • The shepherd sighs upon the barren hills / To see his bleating lambs with faintful looks / Behold the vallies robb'd of springing flowers, / That whilom wont to yield them yearly food.
    • When I look into the dainty eyes / I wash away the tears built inside, / Voices unheard, children's faintful cries / Teardrops falling down in disguise.
    • The heights dizzied her, spiralling stone promising faintful vistas.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA