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faintless en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English feintles, equivalent to faint + -less.

Meanings

1. Without faintness or fainting
   • [...] his whole work in short was a vitalised reproach to much of the paragraph literature and art abroad, and he had, must have had, a greatness of soul worthy the grove which harboured the much enduring Carlyle and the faintless George Eliot. 1966, Charles Wells Moulton, Martin Tucker, The mid-nineteenth century to Edwardianism:
   • Allegation that "if we faint not" suggests that this is only time we receive salvation. That is, if we remain "faintless" at all times, even to the end. 2005, Oneil McQuick, The Voice...:
   • Cramp, be thou faintless / As our lady was sinless, / When she bare Jesus. 1826, William Scott, The House Book:
   • The cigar drawer is an excellent introduction, looked after properly by self or servant, and there is always at hand the drink and the smoke for self or friend, or both, saving the often troublesome and sometimes faintless search for the cigar box that will go astray. 1901, Saddlery and Harness, volume 10:
   • Their labor with success did all defeat, / Faintless for peace they would restore. 1838, John De Pledge, The Muse's Scrip:

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Deriveds

faintlessly