faintishadj.
/ˈfeɪntɪʃ/ 1. † a. Rather weak or feeble. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak > somewhat weak
weakish1594
faintish1667
1667 H. Stubbe in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 501 Neither does all that sweat make us faintish.
1683 T. Tryon Way to Health 82 Those Cattel that feed on Grass are weak and faintish in comparison of those..fed with Hay and Corn.
1767 B. Gooch Pract. Treat. Wounds I. 224 He continued faintish for some days.
b. Affected with a feeling somewhat like that of fainting. Also of the feeling itself.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > physical insensibility > unconsciousness > [adjective] > fainting or in a swoon > about to faint
faintc1320
fainty1530
faintful1589
swooning-ripe1652
faintish1834
1834 W. S. Landor Citation & Exam. Shakespere in Wks. (1846) II. 267 I wax faintish at the big squat man.
1848 J. H. Newman Loss & Gain (1853) iii. ii. 288 Charles had a faintish feeling come over him.
1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin 128 A qualm of faintish sickness.
2. Rather indistinct, hardly perceptible.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > invisibility > [adjective] > indistinct
dimc1000
blinda1398
undistingued1398
obscure?a1450
undistinct1495
shadowed1588
undistinguishable1600
shady1626
blear1637
filmed1637
indistinguishable1642
crepusculous1646
adumbrated1650
oblite1650
faint1660
monogrammous1678
blurred1701
faintish1712
wispya1717
adumbrant1727
muzzy1744
indistinct1764
fuzzy1778
misty1797
shadowy1797
undistinguished1814
woolly1815
vague1822
furzy1825
mystified1833
slurred1843
feeble1860
smudginga1861
filmy1864
smudgy1865
blurry1884
slurry1937
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > faintness or weakness > [adjective]
smalleOE
stillc1000
softc1230
dim1398
lowc1400
obscure?a1450
basea1500
remiss1530
indistinct1589
demiss1646
faint1660
murmurant1669
faintish1712
slender1785
under1806
unclamorous1849
1712 Nereides 35 The Water-Lillies are a faintish sweet.
1713 N. Rowe Jane Shore v. i Upon her Cheek a faintish Flush was spread.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. li. 303 Then, in a faintish but angry voice, Begone from my door!
1768 G. D. Ehret in Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 114 The young leaves..are of a faintish green.
1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 268 To the Louvre..got rather faintish good of the pictures there.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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