Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - faint
Faint
faint
adj., v., & n. --adj. 1 indistinct, pale, dim; not clearly perceived. 2 (of a person) weak or giddy; inclined to faint. 3 slight, remote, inadequate (a faint chance). 4 feeble, half-hearted (faint praise). 5 timid (a faint heart). 6 (also feint) (of ruled paper) with inconspicuous lines to guide writing. --v.intr. 1 lose consciousness. 2 become faint. --n. a sudden loss of consciousness; fainting. Phrases and idioms faint-hearted cowardly, timid. faint-heartedly in a faint-hearted manner. faint-heartedness cowardliness, timidity. not have the faintest colloq. have no idea. Derivatives faintness n. Etymology: ME f. OF, past part. of faindre FEIGN
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I. adjective see: feign Date: 14th century lacking courage and spirit ; cowardly , weak, dizzy, and likely to ~, lacking strength or vigor ; performed, offered, or accomplished weakly or languidly , producing a sensation of ~ness ; oppressive , 5. hardly perceptible ; dim , vague 2a , ~ish adjective ~ishness noun ~ly adverb ~ness noun II. intransitive verb Date: 14th century to lose courage or spirit, to become weak, to lose consciousness because of a temporary decrease in the blood supply to the brain, III. noun Date: 1792 the physiological action of ~ing ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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