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FAIN
Boy/Male
Polynesian
To confront.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Fayne.
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Joyful; Good-natured
Girl/Female
Irish
Free.
Female
Russian
(Фаина) Russian name FAINA means "light."Â
Surname or Lastname
English (Cornwall)
English (Cornwall) : unexplained.Czech (MedlÃn) : derivative of Medla, a name of uncertain origin; perhaps a nickname from mdlý ‘faint’, or an occupational name for a brewer or seller of mead from med ‘honey’, ‘mead’.
Girl/Female
Arabic
With Beautiful Long Hair
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
Joyful
Boy/Male
English
Good-natured.
Girl/Female
British, English
Fine; Gentle
Girl/Female
Christian, French, Gujarati, Indian
Fairy; Crown or Garland; Shining; Light; Glowing
Biblical
Fortress; enclosed; sling. Let the faint be alienated.
Surname or Lastname
French
French : habitational name from any of various places in France, deriving their names mostly from Old French fain ‘swamp’, but Latin fanum ‘temple’ is also a source in some cases.English : variant spelling of Fayne.
Boy/Male
Scottish
From the sheep pen.
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n.
Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection.
a.
Slightly faint; somewhat faint.
superl.
Lacking distinctness; hardly perceptible; striking the senses feebly; not bright, or loud, or sharp, or forcible; weak; as, a faint color, or sound.
n.pl.
The impure spirit which comes over first and last in the distillation of whisky; -- the former being called the strong faints, and the latter, which is much more abundant, the weak faints. This crude spirit is much impregnated with fusel oil.
v. i.
To become weak or wanting in vigor; to grow feeble; to lose strength and color, and the control of the bodily or mental functions; to swoon; -- sometimes with away. See Fainting, n.
n.
A short or weak utterance; a faint or feeble sound, as that heard on separating the lips in pronouncing p or b.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Faint
n.
The faintest and palest green.
n.
The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control.
superl.
Performed, done, or acted, in a weak or feeble manner; not exhibiting vigor, strength, or energy; slight; as, faint efforts; faint resistance.
imp. & p. p.
of Faint
n.
The mark of the foot left on the earth; a track or footstep; a trace; a sign; hence, a faint mark or visible sign left by something which is lost, or has perished, or is no longer present; remains; as, the vestiges of ancient magnificence in Palmyra; vestiges of former population.
n.
Want of hope; despair; also, faint or delusive hope; delusion. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
superl.
Wanting in courage, spirit, or energy; timorous; cowardly; dejected; depressed; as, "Faint heart ne'er won fair lady."
superl.
Lacking strength; weak; languid; inclined to swoon; as, faint with fatigue, hunger, or thirst.
adv.
In a faint, weak, or timidmanner.
v. t.
To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to weaken.
n.
The fainter part of a sun spot; -- now more commonly called penumbra.
n.
Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description.
n.
The act of fainting, or the state of one who has fainted; a swoon. [R.] See Fainting, n.