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Definition of faint noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

faint

noun
 
/feɪnt/
 
/feɪnt/
 [singular]
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  1. the state of becoming unconscious
    • He fell to the ground in a dead faint.
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    Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘feigned’, also ‘feeble, cowardly’, surviving in faint-hearted): from Old French faint, past participle of faindre, from Latin fingere ‘mould, contrive’. Compare with feint.
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