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forfaint

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
for-faint
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very faint; languishing; pitiful; arm.

Archaic

Etymology

From for- + faint.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more forfaint (comparative) most forfaint (superlative) forefaint (alternative)

Questions

What does forfaint mean?
Very faint; languishing; pitiful; arm.
Where does forfaint come from?
From for- + faint.

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