dwam

dwaum (dwɔːm)

/ (dwɑːm) Scot /


noun
  1. a stupor or daydream (esp in the phrase in a dwam)

verb
  1. (intr) to faint or fall ill

Origin of dwam

1
Old English dwolma confusion

Words Nearby dwam

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How to use dwam in a sentence

  • But she was soon roused from that fraudulent dwam by my grandfather, who, seizing a flagon of wine, dashed it upon her face.

    Ringan Gilhaize | John Galt
  • Then suddenly there came upon me a dwam and a turning in my head, so that I cried to them to run on and leave me to the pursuers.

    The Men of the Moss-Hags | S. R. Crockett