fainthood

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noun

The condition, quality, or state of being faint; faintness.

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Meanings

nounfainthood (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe condition, quality, or state of being faint; faintness.

    Ethereal fainthood runs its flippant mileage per incarnation, whether unflowered or not. Sand feathers broth against the foolish lees. Daintily the weather assumes a much colder view.

    2007, Vernon Frazer, Bodied Tone - Page 102
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    I felt myself turn blue then green then white, but before I succumbed to the growing onslaught of fainthood, I crawled (no joke, literally tugging at the carpet strands for leverage) back to my bed and awakened my pregnant wife.

    2005, Mark Steele, Flashbang: How I Got Over Myself - Page 4

Origin

From faint + -hood.

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APA

fainthood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fainthood

MLA

“fainthood.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fainthood. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fainthood,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fainthood.

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