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swoon
[ swoon ]
/ swun /
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verb (used without object)
to faint; lose consciousness.
to enter a state of hysterical rapture or ecstasy: The teenagers swooned at the sight of the singing star.
noun
a faint or fainting fit; syncope.
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Origin of swoon
First recorded in 1250â1300; Middle English (verb) swo(w)nen âto faint,â originally as gerund swowening, swoghning âact of swooning,â ultimately continuing Old English -swĆgan (in compounds) âto rush, overrun, chokeâ; Middle English (noun) partly derivative of the verb, partly extracted from in (a) swoune, on swoune, alteration of a swoune, aswoune âin a swoon,â as if equivalent to aa-1 + swoon (noun), but probably continuing Old English ÄswĆgen, past participle of ÄswĆgan âto overcomeâ (see a-3), or geswĆgen (past participle) âsenseless, deadâ
OTHER WORDS FROM swoon
swoon·ing·ly, adverbun·swoon·ing, adjectiveWords nearby swoon
swollen head, swollen-headed, swoln, swonk, swonken, swoon, swoop, swoosh, swop, sword, sword bayonet
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British Dictionary definitions for swoon
Also (archaic or dialect): swound
Derived forms of swoon
swooning, adjectiveswooningly, adverbWord Origin for swoon
Old English geswĆgen insensible, past participle of swĆgan (unattested except in compounds) to suffocate
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