a. Obs. [f. FAINT sb. or v. + -FUL.] Ready to faint; causing or indicating faintness.

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1589.  Fleming, Virg. Georg., III. 18. Faintfull and like to die.

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1590.  Greene, Orl. Fur. (1861), 98. Let them stream along my faintfull looks.

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1594.  Lodge, Wounds Civ. War, V. in Hazl., Dodsley, VII. 195. I feel the faintful dews of death.

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