Swoon Definition

swo͝on
swooned, swooning, swoons
verb
swooned, swooning, swoons
To faint.
Webster's New World
To feel strong, esp. rapturous, emotion.
Webster's New World
To be overwhelmed by ecstatic joy.
American Heritage
noun
swoons
An act or instance of swooning.
Webster's New World
A fainting spell; syncope.
American Heritage
A state of ecstasy or rapture.
American Heritage
A period of poor performance.
A summer swoon in the economy.
Webster's New World
Wiktionary
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Origin of Swoon

  • From Middle English swownen, swonen (“to faint”), and Middle English aswoune (“in a swoon”), both ultimately from Old English ġeswōgen (“insensible, senseless, dead”), past participle of swōgan (“to make a sound, overrun, suffocate”) (compare Old English āswōgan (“to cover over, overcome”)), from Proto-Germanic *swōganą (“to make a noise”), from Proto-Indo-European *swāghe- (“to shout”). Cognate with Low German swogen (“to sigh, groan”), Dutch zwoegen (“to groan, breathe heavily”), Norwegian dialectal søgja (“to whistle, hum, talk loudly”). More at sough.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English swounen probably from iswowen in a swoon from Old English geswōgen past participle of *swōgan to suffocate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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