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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He was not far in person from that spot—realising her in spirit he was aswoon again in that vision's ecstasy; and suddenly knew what reason urged his burning mood, and suddenly discovered why he burned to do.
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She had no smile: still seemed aswoon, still scarcely breathed, as some bewildered dove—captured, past fluttering—which only quivers in the hands that hold it.
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She spoke and her voice—that last he had heard aswoon—had the high, cold note he thrilled to hear.
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He understood that she was nearly aswoon because he had suffered once.
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Aswoon, a-swōōn′, adv. in a swoon.
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