† forfaintadj.

Etymology: < for- prefix¹ + faint adj.

Obsolete.

Very faint.

ΚΠ

14.. Why I can't be a Nun 112 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 141 At that worde for-feynte I fylle.

1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) xv With that worde of sorrowe all forfaynt She looked vp.

Derivatives

† forˈfainted adj. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [adjective] > of soul, spirit, etc.

forfainted1566

appalled1574

feebling1624

washya1631

1566 T. Drant Wailyngs Hieremiah in tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Kiij For foode to theyr forefainted soules.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	forfaint
释义	† forfaintadj. Etymology: < for- prefix¹ + faint adj. Obsolete. Very faint. ΚΠ 14.. Why I can't be a Nun 112 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 141 At that worde for-feynte I fylle. 1563 T. Sackville in W. Baldwin et al. Myrrour for Magistrates (new ed.) xv With that worde of sorrowe all forfaynt She looked vp. Derivatives † forˈfainted adj. Obsolete ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > [adjective] > of soul, spirit, etc. forfainted1566 appalled1574 feebling1624 washya1631 1566 T. Drant Wailyngs Hieremiah in tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Kiij For foode to theyr forefainted soules. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmas for-faint for-faint adj. extracted from for-prefix¹ < adj.14.. as lemmas
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