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| Date: | 1200-1300 |
| Language: | Old French |
| Origin: | faindre, feindre 'to pretend'; FEIGN |
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faint1
1 difficult to see, hear, smell etc : She gave a faint smile. a very faint noise
She gave a faint smile.a very faint noise2 a very small or slight hope etc : a faint hope that they might be alive
a faint hope/possibility/chance etc
a faint hope that they might be alive3 to not know anything at all about something : I don't have the faintest idea what you're talking about.
not have the faintest idea
I don't have the faintest idea what you're talking about.4 feeling weak and as if you are about to become unconscious because you are very ill, tired, or hungry :
—faintly adverb: Everyone looked faintly surprised. The sun shone faintly through the clouds.
Everyone looked faintly surprised.The sun shone faintly through the clouds. —faintness noun [uncountable]
