faint

• medically] 衰弱する。
• vi. 気を失う；弱る；息苦しくなる
• n. [漢方]失神する; 失神する

古フランス語のfeintから、feign（偽る、でっち上げる、欺く）から。かすかな、か弱い、弱い。

faint

faint: [13] Faint comes from Old French faint, which was originally the past participle of the verb faindre, feindre ‘pretend, shirk’ (whence English feign). This meant ‘pretended, simulated’, ‘lazy, shirking’, and ‘cowardly’, and all these senses were originally taken over by English. None now survives except the last, in the phrase faint heart, but in their place the underlying notion of ‘feebleness’ has produced ‘not bright, dim’ and ‘weak and dizzy’. The verb, based on the second of these, developed in the late 14th century. The variant spelling feint, used of printed lines, was introduced in the mid 19th century.
=> feign

faint (adj.)

c. 1300, "enfeebled; wearied, exhausted," from Old French faint, feint "false, deceitful; sham, artificial; weak, faint, lazy, indolent, cowardly," past participle of feindre "hesitate, falter, be indolent, show weakness, avoid one's duty by pretending" (see feign). Also from c. 1300 as "deceitful; unreliable; false." Meaning "wanting in spirit or courage, cowardly" (a sense now mostly encountered in faint-hearted) is from early 14c. From early 15c. of actions, functions, colors, etc., "weak, feeble, poor." Meaning "producing a feeble impression upon the senses" is from 1650s.

faint (v.)

c. 1300, "grow weak, become enfeebled," also "lack courage or spirit, be faint-hearted," and "to pretend, feign;" from faint (adj.). Sense of "swoon, lose consciousness" is from c. 1400. Also used in Middle English of the fading of colors, flowers, etc. Related: Fainted; fainting. For Chaucer and Shakespeare, also a transitive verb ("It faints me").

faint (n.)

c. 1300, "faintness, faint-heartedness," from faint (adj.). From 1808 as "a swoon."

1. It 's a film about a serial killer and not for the faint -hearted.

この映画は連続殺人犯の話で、臆病な人には向いていません。

2.Their instruments detected very faint radiowaves at a frequency of 3 kilohertz.

彼らの計器は3キロヘルツの微弱電波を検出した。

3.Don 't be faint ?hearted when things seem a bit slow or boring.

物事が少し退屈になったときは、臆病にならないでください。

4.A faint smile crossed the Monsignor 's face and faded quickly.

その大人の顔をかすめて、すぐに消えてしまった。

5.A faint smile of reminiscence appeared on her face..

ノスタルジックな微笑みが彼女の顔に浮かんだ。