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Webster 1913 Edition

Swoon

Swoon

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Swooned
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Swooning
.]
[OE.
swounen
,
swoghenen
, for
swo[GREEK]nien
, fr.
swo[GREEK]en
to sigh deeply, to droop, AS.
swōgan
to sough, sigh; cf. ge
swōgen
senseless, swooned, ge
swōwung
a swooning. Cf.
Sough
.]
To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; – often with away.
The sucklings
swoon
in the streets of the city.
Lam. ii. 11.
The most in years . . .
swooned
first away for pain.
Dryden.
He seemed ready to
swoon
away in the surprise of joy.
Tatler.

Swoon

,
Noun.
A fainting fit; syncope.

Webster 1828 Edition

Swoon

SWOON

,
Verb.
I.
To faint; to sink into a fainting fit, in which there is a suspension of the apparent vital functions and mental powers.
The most in years swoon'd first away for pain.
He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy.

SWOON

,
Noun.
A fainting fit; lipothymy; syncope.

Definition 2024

Swoon

Swoon

See also: swoon

German Low German

Alternative forms

Noun

Swoon ? (plural Swään)

  1. swan

swoon

swoon

See also: Swoon

English

Alternative forms

Noun

swoon ‎(plural swoons)

  1. A faint.
    • 1897, Bram Stoker, Dracula Chapter 21
      "I felt my strength fading away, and I was in a half swoon. How long this horrible thing lasted I know not, but it seemed that a long time must have passed before he took his foul, awful, sneering mouth away. I saw it drip with the fresh blood!"
  2. An infatuation

Translations

Verb

swoon ‎(third-person singular simple present swoons, present participle swooning, simple past and past participle swooned)

  1. (dated) (intransitive) to faint, to lose consciousness
    • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Gods of Mars, HTML edition, The Gutenberg Project, published 2008:
      I dropped the vessel quickly to a lower level. Nor was I a moment too soon. The girl had swooned.
  2. (intransitive) to be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation
  3. (intransitive) to make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection
    The girls swooned at the picture of their favorite actor.
    • 2013 (November 2) Pinky 10 minutes into episode 25 ("The Spy Who Slimed Me") of TV series "Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures" per closed captions
      [Swoons] For sure. He's totally dreamy. Uh--but my heart still belongs to you, Pac-ums.

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Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: swo͝on, IPA(key): /swuːn/
  • Rhymes: -uːn

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