"faintless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more faintless [comparative], most faintless [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English feintles, equivalent to faint + -less. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|feintles}} Middle English feintles, {{suffix|en|faint|less}} faint + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} faintless (comparative more faintless, superlative most faintless)
  1. Without faintness or fainting Derived forms: faintlessly
    Sense id: en-faintless-en-adj-WIWVkP8S Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

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          "text": "Cramp, be thou faintless / As our lady was sinless, / When she bare Jesus.",
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          "ref": "1901, Saddlery and Harness - Volume 10",
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          "ref": "1966, Charles Wells Moulton, Martin Tucker, The mid-nineteenth century to Edwardianism",
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