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† ˈfaintise Obs.
Forms: 3–5 feint-, feynt-, -ise, -yce, -yse, (4 fentesye, 5 feyntyse), 4–5 faint-, fant-, faynt-, -es(e, -is(e, -ys(e, (4 Sc. fayntice, 5 fentyse).
[a. OF. faintise, feintise (mod.F. feintise) = Pr. feintesa, f. faint, feint feigned, sluggish, cowardly: see faint a.]
1. Deceit, dissimulation, hypocrisy, pretence.
1340Ayenb. 26 Hit wes al fayntise and ypocrisie. c1400Destr. Troy 594 Ere he fayne any faintes. 1485Caxton Chas. Gt. 217 The kyng..dysposed hym to receyue baptym..without fayntyse.
2. Feebleness, weakness (of body or mind); want of energy, cowardice. Cf. faintness. without faintise: without flagging or flinching.
1297R. Glouc. (1724) 39 Muche þing, þat ys eldore loren þorw feyntyse..he wann seþþe a ȝeyn. c1330R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 176 Philip withouten fayntise did alle his trauaile. a1400Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 246 For feyntyce fel þat fayre fode, Nakyd he bar þat hard rode To-ward caluery. c1470Harding Chron. lxxxi. viii, Thei faught without feyntise. |