English
Adjective
fainty (comparative faintier, superlative faintiest)
- feeble; languid; inclined to faint
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1918, Eden Phillpotts, The Spinners:- When I was young the sight of blood made me go fainty, but I laugh at it now.
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1912, Thomas Hardy, The Return of the Native:- 'Tis enough to make you feel fainty.
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1898, Eden Phillpotts, Children of the Mist:- I'm sick an' fainty wi' this gert turn o' the wheel.