Definition of Fainer

1. fain [adj] - See also: fain

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fainer

failure rate
failure to thrive
failureproof
failures
fain
fainaigue
fainaigued
fainaigues
fainaiguing
faine
faineance
faineances
faineant
faineants
fained
fainer (current term)
faines
fainest
faining
fainites
fainly
fainness
fains
faint
faint-hearted
faint of heart
fainted
fainter
fainters
faintest

Literary usage of Fainer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Black Soldier, White Army: The 24th Infantry Regiment in Korea by William T. Bowers, William M. Hammond, George L. MacGarrigle (1997)
"Orr and fainer noted (pp. 387-88) that a study of Norwegian ski troops had ... Orr and fainer published a digest of their findings in "Cold Injuries in ..."

2. Romance, Vision & Satire: English Alliterative Poems of the Fourteenth Century by Jessie Laidlay Weston (1912)
"... I trow, between us twain, That I that man would meet, might I thereto attain, And to that same New Year but few days now remain — Now fainer far would I ..."

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