Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Timorous; feeble-minded.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Timorous; feeble-minded.
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Examples
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-- There's no having patience, thou art such a faintling, silly creature.
History of John Bull John Arbuthnot 1701
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