Faintling
adj, noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 One who is faint, feeble, or weak.
"And for a weak and peevish youth, a faintling, A boy of a girl's temper; one who shrinks Trembling and crouching at a look, a word, A lifted ringer, like a beaten hound."
Adjective
- 1 Timorous; feeble-minded.
Example
More examples"And for a weak and peevish youth, a faintling, A boy of a girl's temper; one who shrinks Trembling and crouching at a look, a word, A lifted ringer, like a beaten hound."
Etymology
From faint + -ling.
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