swooningly

Variant of swoon

swoon definition

swoon (swo̵̅o̅n)

intransitive verb

  1. to faint
  2. to feel strong, esp. rapturous, emotion

Etymology: ME swounen, prob. back-form. < swoweninge, swooning, prp. of iswowen < OE geswogen, unconscious, pp. of *swogan < ?

noun

an act or instance of swooning

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