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faint(1) (iou)



faint adjective. Also (now only Commerce in sense 6b, formerly also in sense 1) feint. ME.
[Old French faint, feint pa. pple of faindre, feindre FEIGN.]
Feigned, simulated. Now rare. ME.
Thackeray We wear feint smiles over our tears and deceive our children.
Shirking, lazy; sluggish. ME-L17.
Lacking in courage, cowardly. Now chiefly in faint heart. ME.
Weak or dizzy through fear, hunger, exhaustion, etc.; inclined to faint. Foll. by of, with. ME.
A. J. Cronin From surprise and shock she actually turned faint.
b. Inducing faintness; (of a smell) sickly; (of an atmosphere) oppressive. arch. E16.
Woodes Rogers The Weather was very wet, hot and faint.
a. Esp. of a person or animal: weak, sickly, out of condition. LME-M18.
b. Of an action, purpose, etc.: feeble, half-hearted. L16.
damn with faint praise: see DAMN verb 2.
J. F. Lehmann The hopes still clung on, faint graspings at the idea that all might be well after all.
Making a slight or feeble impression on the senses; hardly perceptible, dim, indistinct; (of a colour) pale. LME.
A. Ransome A glimmer, faint at first, grew brighter. E. Caldwell She whispered in a voice so faint that she could barely hear it herself. A. N. Wilson The very faint whiff of after-shave lotion he always exuded. R. C. Hutchinson I hadn't even the faintest idea what Beauty was before I fell in love.
b. spec. Designating the pale blue or neutral-tinted lines ruled on paper as a guide for handwriting. M19.
Special collocations & comb.: faint heart a cowardly spirit, cowardliness. faint-heart adjective & noun (a) adjective timid, cowardly; (b) noun a coward. faint-hearted adjective lacking courage, cowardly. faint-heartedly adverb in a faint-hearted manner. faint-heartedness the quality or state of being faint-hearted, cowardliness.
faintest noun (colloq.) the slightest idea or notion M20.
faintish adjective somewhat faint M17.
faintishness noun M18.
faintness noun LME.

Offering price (finance)


The price at which publicly issued securities are made available for purchase by the investment bank underwriting the issue.