fainty
adj/ˈfeɪnti/
Etymology From faint + -y.
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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:
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- I'm sick an' fainty wi' this gert turn o' the wheel.1898, Eden Phillpotts, Children of the Mist: