fainty
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of fainty
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
Gimme somethin' t'ate, mother; I be hungry an' fainty like wi' gwaine tu far.
From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden
Did the Friar get fainty about Barbie bein' a heretic?" sez I. "
From Happy Hawkins by Wason, Robert Alexander
No wonder the lady felt fainty like; fear for a sweetheart, yer see.
From Punch Among the Planets by Various
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