Fainthood

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition, quality, or state of being faint; faintness. uncountable

    "I felt myself turn blue then green then white, but before I succumbed to the growing onslaught of fainthood, I crawled (no joke, literally tugging at the carpet strands for leverage) back to my bed and awakened my pregnant wife."

Example

More examples

"I felt myself turn blue then green then white, but before I succumbed to the growing onslaught of fainthood, I crawled (no joke, literally tugging at the carpet strands for leverage) back to my bed and awakened my pregnant wife."

Etymology

From faint + -hood.

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