aswoon

[uh-swoon]

adjective

1. being in a swoon.

   the duchess aswoon on the couch in despair.

Word History and Origins

Origin of aswoon¹

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

She spoke and her voice—that last he had heard aswoon—had the high, cold note he thrilled to hear.

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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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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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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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