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swound

[swound, swoond]
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verb (used without object), noun Archaic.

swoon.

Origin of swound

1400–50; late Middle English swounde (v.), variant (with excrescent d) of swoune to swoon

'swounds

[zwoundz, zoundz, zwoondz]

interjection Obsolete.

zounds.

Origin of 'swounds

First recorded in 1580–90; 's3 + wound1 + -s3
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Examples from the Web for swounds

Historical Examples of swounds

  • Swounds, but an empty stomach is a craven comrade in a desperate enterprise.

    The Tavern Knight

    Rafael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for swounds

swounds

'swounds

interjection

archaic less common spellings of zounds

swound

noun, verb

an archaic or dialect word for swoon
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