fainty

English

Etymology

faint +‎ -y

Adjective

fainty (comparative faintier, superlative faintiest)

  1. feeble; languid; inclined to faint
    • 1918, Eden Phillpotts, The Spinners‎:
      When I was young the sight of blood made me go fainty, but I laugh at it now.
    • 1912, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native‎:
      'Tis enough to make you feel fainty.
    • 1898, Eden Phillpotts, Children of the Mist‎:
      I'm sick an' fainty wi' this gert turn o' the wheel.
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