aswoon
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of aswoon
1300–50; Middle English aswowe ( n ), aswowne, alteration (with initial vowel taken as a- 1 ) of i swone ( n ), in swoue ( n ), reanalysis, as a prepositional phrase, of iswouen, Old English geswōgen fainted; y-, swoon
Example Sentences
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"I liked Louie," said Ted, his cracked-cello voice aswoon.
From Time Magazine Archive
Already, matrons from Manasquan to Massapequa are aswoon over Broadway's newest star.
From Time Magazine Archive
Quoth the other, "Thou knowest not what befell me, whilst thou wert aswoon, and how I only escaped death by beguiling the eunuch."
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II by Payne, John
Never go away from Him, but continue to fash Him; and if He delays, yet come not away, albeit you should fall aswoon at His feet.’
From Samuel Rutherford and some of his correspondents by Whyte, Alexander
He understood that she was nearly aswoon because he had suffered once.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert
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