faint adj. (2 now only in the proverbial ‘faint heart’; “-hearted, f-ly” and “f-ness” follow the senses of the adj.)
1.
inactive,
inert, timid Tim. I. ii. 16, III. i. 58, III. iii. 25,
Lr. I. iv. 73
“a most faint
neglect.”
2.
spiritless,
weak-spirited
3H6 V. iv. 51
“warriors ,”
Ven. 401,
Lucr. 1209
“Faint not, faint
heart.”
3.
weak, feeble
Mer.V. I. i. 126
“my means,”
H5 I. i. 16
“ souls past
corporal toil,”
Tit. II. iii. 234, Rom. IV. iii.
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