fainty

American

[feyn-tee] / ˈfeɪn ti /

Also faintified

adjective

Southern U.S.

faintier, faintiest

feeling faint; about to lose consciousness.

Etymology

Origin of fainty

First recorded in 1520–30; faint + -y ¹

Example Sentences

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I have been the recipient of so many kind and courteous favors from my senior colleagues, until it makes me feel fainty.

From Time Magazine Archive

So I thought, and so would anybody, as dry as I was, and that wanted something to wash down the fainty stuffs I had been layin in; but no! it was warm water!

From The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume I (of 2) or, The Adventures of Three Southerns by Caruthers, William Alexander

No wonder the lady felt fainty like; fear for a sweetheart, yer see.

From Punch Among the Planets by Various

Did the Friar get fainty about Barbie bein' a heretic?" sez I. "

From Happy Hawkins by Wason, Robert Alexander

It continued from one in the morning till half-past five, and left me pale and fainty.

From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by Turnbull, A.

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