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faintsome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
faintsome
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Characterised by fainting or faintness

Example Sentences

  • "And that is faintsome work."

Etymology

Etymology tree English faint Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English faintsome From faint + -some.

Inflected Forms

more faintsome (comparative) most faintsome (superlative)

Questions

What does faintsome mean?
Characterised by fainting or faintness
Where does faintsome come from?
Etymology tree English faint Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Germanic *samaz Proto-Germanic *-samaz Proto-West Germanic *-sam Old English -sum Middle English -som English -some English faintsome From faint + -some.

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