† faintisen.

Forms: Middle English feint-, feynt-, -ise, -yce, -yse, (Middle English fentesye, Middle English feyntyse), Middle English faint-, fant-, faynt-, -es(e, -is(e, -ys(e, (Middle English Scottish fayntice, Middle English fentyse).

Etymology: < Old French faintise, feintise (modern French feintise ) = Provençal feintesa , < faint , feint feigned, sluggish, cowardly: see faint adj.

Obsolete.

1. Deceit, dissimulation, hypocrisy, pretence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun]

foxingc1220

feignc1320

faintise1340

simulation1340

dissimulingc1374

likenessc1384

dissimulationc1386

coverture1393

dissemblationc1425

assimulationa1450

dissemblec1480

fiction1483

dissemblinga1500

irony1502

dissimulance1508

dissembly?c1550

blindation1588

counterfeisance1590

misseeming1590

supposing1596

dissemblance1602

guise1662

dissimulating1794

make-believe1794

representation1805

sham-Abra(ha)m1828

make-belief1837

pretence1862

make-believing1867

postiche1876

kid-stakes1916

smoke and mirrors1980

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 26 Hit wes al fayntise and ypocrisie.

1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. liij/1 The kyng..dysposed hym to receyue baptym..without fayntyse.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 594 Ere he fayne any faintes.

2. Feebleness, weakness (of body or mind); want of energy, cowardice. Cf. faintness n. without faintise: without flagging or flinching.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakness

faintise1297

weaknessa1300

faintc1320

feebleness1340

languishingc1384

lamea1400

unferea1400

unferenessa1400

unwielda1400

impotence1406

imbecility?a1425

languisha1425

languoringa1438

unwieldness1437

faintnessa1440

impotency1440

infirmityc1440

debility1484

unlustiness1486

resolution1547

unwieldiness1575

languishment1576

infirmness1596

weakness1603

prostrationa1626

exolution1634

languidness1634

prosternation1650

faintingnessa1661

debilitude1669

flaccidity1676

atony1693

puniness1727

faintishness1733

adynamia1743

asthenia1802

adynamy1817

weakliness1826

tonelessness1873

atonicity1900

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun]

arghtha1250

arghshipc1275

faintise1297

cowardicec1300

cowardshipc1330

arghness1340

arghhoodc1350

sheepnessc1380

pusillanimitya1393

cowardnessa1400

neshnessa1400

cowardyc1405

lithernessc1425

lashness1477

cowardrya1547

meagreness?1553

cowardliness1556

micropsychy1651

buzzardism1659

stanielry1659

manlessness1667

cow-heartedness1718

pusillanimousness1727

chicken-heartedness1808

infortitude1813

plucklessness1824

white-featherism1843

cold feet1893

yellow1893

liver-heartedness1897

yellowness1909

the mind > emotion > courage > fearlessness > [adverb]

without faintise1297

unfearfullyc1430

uneerilyc1480

fearlessly1685

dauntlessly1813

impavidly1850

unaffrightedly1891

unfearingly1895

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > without decreasing in vigour or energy

without faintise1297

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 39 Muche þing, þat ys eldore loren þorw feyntyse..he wann seþþe a ȝeyn.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 176 Philip withouten fayntise did alle his trauaile.

a1400 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 246 For feyntyce fel þat fayre fode, Nakyd he bar þat hard rode To-ward caluery.

c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. lxxxi. viii Thei faught without feyntise.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	faintise
释义	† faintisen. Forms: Middle English feint-, feynt-, -ise, -yce, -yse, (Middle English fentesye, Middle English feyntyse), Middle English faint-, fant-, faynt-, -es(e, -is(e, -ys(e, (Middle English Scottish fayntice, Middle English fentyse). Etymology: < Old French faintise, feintise (modern French feintise ) = Provençal feintesa , < faint , feint feigned, sluggish, cowardly: see faint adj. Obsolete. 1. Deceit, dissimulation, hypocrisy, pretence. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > dissimulation, pretence > [noun] foxingc1220 feignc1320 faintise1340 simulation1340 dissimulingc1374 likenessc1384 dissimulationc1386 coverture1393 dissemblationc1425 assimulationa1450 dissemblec1480 fiction1483 dissemblinga1500 irony1502 dissimulance1508 dissembly?c1550 blindation1588 counterfeisance1590 misseeming1590 supposing1596 dissemblance1602 guise1662 dissimulating1794 make-believe1794 representation1805 sham-Abra(ha)m1828 make-belief1837 pretence1862 make-believing1867 postiche1876 kid-stakes1916 smoke and mirrors1980 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 26 Hit wes al fayntise and ypocrisie. 1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. liij/1 The kyng..dysposed hym to receyue baptym..without fayntyse. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 594 Ere he fayne any faintes. 2. Feebleness, weakness (of body or mind); want of energy, cowardice. Cf. faintness n. without faintise: without flagging or flinching. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > weakness faintise1297 weaknessa1300 faintc1320 feebleness1340 languishingc1384 lamea1400 unferea1400 unferenessa1400 unwielda1400 impotence1406 imbecility?a1425 languisha1425 languoringa1438 unwieldness1437 faintnessa1440 impotency1440 infirmityc1440 debility1484 unlustiness1486 resolution1547 unwieldiness1575 languishment1576 infirmness1596 weakness1603 prostrationa1626 exolution1634 languidness1634 prosternation1650 faintingnessa1661 debilitude1669 flaccidity1676 atony1693 puniness1727 faintishness1733 adynamia1743 asthenia1802 adynamy1817 weakliness1826 tonelessness1873 atonicity1900 the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [noun] arghtha1250 arghshipc1275 faintise1297 cowardicec1300 cowardshipc1330 arghness1340 arghhoodc1350 sheepnessc1380 pusillanimitya1393 cowardnessa1400 neshnessa1400 cowardyc1405 lithernessc1425 lashness1477 cowardrya1547 meagreness?1553 cowardliness1556 micropsychy1651 buzzardism1659 stanielry1659 manlessness1667 cow-heartedness1718 pusillanimousness1727 chicken-heartedness1808 infortitude1813 plucklessness1824 white-featherism1843 cold feet1893 yellow1893 liver-heartedness1897 yellowness1909 the mind > emotion > courage > fearlessness > [adverb] without faintise1297 unfearfullyc1430 uneerilyc1480 fearlessly1685 dauntlessly1813 impavidly1850 unaffrightedly1891 unfearingly1895 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > acting vigorously or energetically [phrase] > without decreasing in vigour or energy without faintise1297 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 39 Muche þing, þat ys eldore loren þorw feyntyse..he wann seþþe a ȝeyn. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 176 Philip withouten fayntise did alle his trauaile. a1400 Pol. Rel. & L. Poems 246 For feyntyce fel þat fayre fode, Nakyd he bar þat hard rode To-ward caluery. c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. lxxxi. viii Thei faught without feyntise. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1297
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