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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
faint/feɪnt/

▶adjective

1 (of a sight, smell, or sound) barely perceptible.
■ (of a hope, chance, or idea) slight.

2 close to losing consciousness.

▶verb briefly lose consciousness because of a temporarily insufficient supply of oxygen to the brain. ▶noun a sudden loss of consciousness.

– derivatives
faintly adverb,
faintness noun.

– origin ME: from OFr. faint, feint, past part. of faindre, feindre (see feign).

'faint' also found in these Oxford entries:

adumbrate - chanterelle - conk - damn - distant - fade - faint-hearted - feint - gegenschein - ghost - gleam - glimmer - languid - light-headed - mawkish - Milky Way - photomultiplier - pre-echo - qualm - radiolarian - remiss - scup - sprite - swoon - thin - tint - tracing - twinkle - watermark - whiff - whispering gallery - wraith - zodiacal light

Forum discussions with the word(s) "faint" in the title:

[inversion] So faint had ... been' or 'So faint had been..'
A faint cry rent the stillness of the night.
came over all dizzy/faint/peculiar
Damn with faint/feigned praise
faint down
faint of the heart
Faint Vs Fade?
faint-hearded
fall faint
feint and faint
Frou-Frouery and faint patchouli smells
Is it normal to say "to faint" in USA?
London slang...not for the faint hearted!
Missing the faint scent your fragrant lips emitted/gave off
through the faint aftersick of mustardgas
underwater faint
You mustn't be faint

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