Emily Dickinson Lexicon

faint (-er, -est), adj. [OFr feint, sluggish, cowardly.] (webplay: breathe, day, fair, hearing, honor, houses, imperfect, lady, last, light, little, lose, loss, low, red, send, small, sound, spirit, striking, strong, timid, way, wines).

1. Weak; feeble; languid; stripped of power; (see Genesis 25:29).
2. Hardly visible; not bright or vivid; weak color.
3. Unlikely; indefinite; small probability of occurring.
4. Hallow; muted; weak or empty sound; not loud.
5. Passive; lazy; nonchalant.
6. Life fading out as approaching death; lost in another world.
7. Hardly perceptible; not apparent or obvious; humility.

faint (-ed, -ing, -s), v. [Fr. faner, to fade, whither, decay.] (webplay: day, distillation, fail, hearing, heart, house, lady, thirst, voice).

1. Adore; worship; fall on knees to exalt; (see Psalms m119:81).
2. Lose heart, courage, or spirit; (see Revelation 2:3).
3. Swoon; lose strength and color; (see Amos 8:13).

faint-going, adj. [see faint, adj. and going.]

Feeble; becoming weak.

fainting, verbal adj. [see faint, adj.] (webplay: falling, heart, lose, loss, vain, way).

Dying; losing heart, weak.

faintly, adv. [see faint, adj.]

Feebly; weakly; lazily; without vigor; in a languid manner.

fair (-er, -est), adj. [OE faeger.] (webplay: accomplish, beautiful, bid, branches, character, cloudy, companions, company, complexion, contract, dark, died, distinctness, dust, equal, eye, face, foreign, formerly, free, friend, frightened, gently, happily, held, holiday, honest, ladies, letter, look, man, matter, meeting, mild, narrow, obscurity, offer, open, place, promised, prosperous, pure, rest, return, separate, sight, situated, sky, softly, speech, stain, stands, stated, thing, town, view, way, white, wind at sea, woman, world).

1. Handsome; beautiful; attractive; appealing in physical appearance, character, soul; pleasing to the senses; (see Genesis 6:2).
2. Honest; honorable; frank; open; merited; just; equitable.
3. Pure; clear; unblemished; untarnished; innocent; (see Genesis 24:16).
4. Light; white; without dark hue; (see Isaiah 54:11).
5. Unobstructed; plentiful; open to access; direct as a way or passage.
6. Clear; not cloudy; not overcast; calm; (see Job 37:22).
7. Superior; excellent; triumphant; complete.

fair, n. [OFr feire, holiday.]

1. Gathering; outdoor market; city market in Europe; periodical meeting of buyers and sellers; (see Ezekiel 27:22).
2. Beauty; dream; vision; optimism; aspiration; imagination; [fig.] poetry.

fairly, adv. [see fair, adj.]

Frankly; honestly; justly.

fairness, n. [see fair, adj.] (webplay: hue).

Beauty; elegance; sophistication.

fairy, adj. [see fairy, n.]

Magical; enchanting; illusory.