Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Lipothymous \Li*poth"y*mous\ (l[-i]*p[o^]th"[i^]*m[u^]s), a.
   [Gr. lei`pein to leave, to lack + qymo`s soul, life.]
   Pertaining, or given, to swooning; fainting.