Definitions
pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
Word origin
From Middle English faynt, feynt (“weak; feeble”), from Old French faint, feint (“feigned; negligent; sluggish”), past participle of feindre, faindre (“to feign; sham; work negligently”), from Latin fingere (“to touch, handle, form, shape, frame, form in thought, imagine, conceive, contrive, devise, feign”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold”). Cognate with feign and fiction and more distantly dough.
Used in a sentence
“I felt faint after my fifth gin and tonic.”
“He almost fell faint due to the hot climate.”
“Faint heart ne'er won fair lady.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Lose consciousness briefly”5 letters
02“Pass out”5 letters
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