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dwam

/ dwɔːm; dwɑːm /

noun

  1. a stupor or daydream (esp in the phrase in a dwam )


verb

  1. intr to faint or fall ill

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Word History and Origins

Origin of dwam1

Old English dwolma confusion

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Example Sentences

But she was soon roused from that fraudulent dwam by my grandfather, who, seizing a flagon of wine, dashed it upon her face.

Then suddenly there came upon me a dwam and a turning in my head, so that I cried to them to run on and leave me to the pursuers.

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