swoon
Use Swoon in a sentence
verb (used without object)
1.
to faint; lose consciousness.
2.
to enter a state of hysterical rapture or ecstasy: The teenagers swooned at the sight of the singing star.
noun
3.
a faint or fainting fit; syncope.
Origin:
1250–1300; (v.) Middle English swo(w)nen to faint, orig. as gerund swowening, swoghning act of swooning, ultimately continuing Old English -swōgan (in compounds) to rush, overrun, choke; (noun) Middle English, partly derivative of the v., partly extracted from in (a) swoune, on swoune, alteration of a swoune, aswoune in a swoon, as if equivalent to a a-1 + swoon (noun), but probably continuing Old English āswōgen, past participle of āswōgan to overcome (see a-3), or geswōgen (past participle) senseless, dead
1250–1300; (v.) Middle English swo(w)nen to faint, orig. as gerund swowening, swoghning act of swooning, ultimately continuing Old English -swōgan (in compounds) to rush, overrun, choke; (noun) Middle English, partly derivative of the v., partly extracted from in (a) swoune, on swoune, alteration of a swoune, aswoune in a swoon, as if equivalent to a a-1 + swoon (noun), but probably continuing Old English āswōgen, past participle of āswōgan to overcome (see a-3), or geswōgen (past participle) senseless, dead
Related forms
swoon·ing·ly, adverb
un·swoon·ing, adjective
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swoon (swuːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | a literary word for faint |
| 2. | to become ecstatic |
| —n | |
| 3. | an instance of fainting |
| [Old English geswōgen insensible, past participle of swōgan (unattested except in compounds) to suffocate] | |
| 'swooning | |
| —adj | |
| 'swooningly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
swoon
late 13c., swogene, probably from O.E. geswogen "in a faint," pp. of a lost verb, perhaps *swogan, as in aswogan "to choke," of uncertain origin. Cf. Low Ger. swogen "to sigh."
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Example sentences
But in fact, other datapoints suggest that housing markets have turned up a bit since the autumn swoon.
There are plenty of smart phones out there with the specs and features to make power users and tech junkies swoon.
Between one month and three is nearer reality, during which time markets can soar or swoon.
Good keynote speeches at conferences can make me swoon.
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