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; see 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
He understood that she was nearly aswoon because he had suffered once.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Hughes, Rupert
They both drew rein and dismounting from their horses, helped the princess to alight, and she aswoon for stress of pain.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II by Payne, John
"Not so, lady," said the dwarf, "he is not dead, but aswoon."
From The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Pyle, Howard
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