fainty

American  

[feyn-tee] / ˈfeɪn ti /

Also faintified

adjective

Southern U.S.

faintier, faintiest

1. feeling faint; about to lose consciousness.

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Etymology

Origin of fainty

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

Example Sentences

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 Project Gutenberg

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

There, misty, fainty, small as the toy of a child, lay Gatun Dam, with the spillway in its center.

From Project Gutenberg

Breathing short, unable to lie down, very irregular low pulse scarcely to be felt, fainty, and a universal cold sweat: no appetite nor thirst, spasmodic pains at times across the loins very violent, but not so frequent as on the preceding day.

From Project Gutenberg

She's jes' as interested as can be in her flowers, and in folks, an' the church, but she don't want to try to do so many things, and she has them weak, fainty spells oftener, an' more pain in her heart.

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