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Definition of Faintish
1. a. Slightly faint; somewhat faint.
Definition of Faintish
1. Adjective. Somewhat faint. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Faintish
1. somewhat faint [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Faintish
Literary usage of Faintish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Skin Diseases: Their Description, Pathology, Diagnosis, and Treatment by Tilbury Fox (1875)
"27) is known by the development of small flattish bullae (surrounded by a faintish
areola, perhaps by none at all), few in number, containing at the very ..."
2. Tales and Novels by Maria Edgeworth (1893)
"said Miss Clarendon : " has he fainted too ? or is he faintish ? ... He is not
of the faintish sort." At this moment a thundering knock at the door ..."
3. New Remedies: Their Pathogenetic Effects and Therapeutical Application in by Edwin Moses Hale (1864)
"M,. there is a constant, dull, aching pain in the stomach, that produces a gone
or faintish feeling; dull, frontal, headache 5. p. ..."
4. Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal by Benjamin Smith Barton (1806)
"He now felt faintish, for about half an hour. At seven o'clock, in the evening
... He felt very faintish and weak, as soon as he had discharged the clyster. ..."
5. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1812)
"Pulse 76 ; blood-letting repeated to eighteen ounces; on tying up the arm, the
patient became faintish, and went tp bed. An unusual warmth was diffused over ..."
6. Annals of Philosophy, Or, Magazine of Chemistry, Mineralogy, Mechanics by Thomas Thomson (1819)
"Smell faintish and peculiar, somewhat like raw dough. Did not coagulate milk.
... Smell faintish, and not peculiarly foetid, like bile. Coagulated milk. ..."
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