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

I’m sick an’ fainty wi’ this gert turn o’ the wheel.

From Children of the Mist by Phillpotts, Eden

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

From Happy Hawkins by Wason, Robert Alexander

I feel fainty now whenever I think of furlough.

From "Co. Aytch" Maury Grays, First Tennessee Regiment or, A Side Show of the Big Show by Watkins, Sam R.

Gimme somethin' t'ate, mother; I be hungry an' fainty like wi' gwaine tu far.

From Lying Prophets by Phillpotts, Eden

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