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

The pulse is rapid, small and irregular, palpitation and fainty sensations come on suddenly during the course of diseases mentioned.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

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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