faint
noun/feɪnt/
/feɪnt/
[singular]- the state of becoming unconscious
- He fell to the ground in a dead faint.
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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