FAINTNESS - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Noun

a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon

Categories: Feeling

Part of speech: Noun

the property of being without strength

Example: the faintness or potency of the feeling

Categories: Weakness

Part of speech: Noun

barely audible

Categories: Softness

The word "faintness" comes from Middle English faintnesse.

faint – A related word in the same word family.

ness – A related word in the same word family.

Chaucer's Canterbury Tales show how creatively Middle English speakers mixed vocabularies.