faintishness
nounEtymology From faintish + -ness.
1
The quality of being faintish; slight faintness.
- A certain Degree of Heat, not strong enough to dry or destroy animal Solids, lengthens and relaxes the Fibres; from whence proceed the Sensation of Faintishness and Debility in a hot Day;1733, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Effects of Air on Human Bodies, page 48:
- […] she ran to get some cordial waters, sovereign, of course, in all cases of faintishness whatsoever.1818, Walter Scott, Tales of My Landlord: Second Series, page 156: