Added to
Favorites
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Word Dynamo
Quotes
Reference
Translator
Spanish
Log In
Sign Up
Premium
Introducing a cool
new way to learn!
swound
swound
/
swaʊnd, swund
/
Show Spelled
[
swound, swoond
]
Show IPA
verb (used without object),
noun
Archaic.
swoon
.
Origin:
1400–50;
late Middle English
swounde
(v.), variant (with excrescent
d
) of
swoune
to
swoon
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2013.
Cite This Source
|
Link To
swound
Collins
World English Dictionary
swound
(swaʊnd)
—
n
, —
vb
an archaic or dialect word for
swoon
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
00:10
Swound
is always a great word to know.
So is
quincunx
. Does it mean:
So is
ninnyhammer
. Does it mean:
So is
zedonk
. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
LEARN MORE UNUSUAL WORDS WITH WORD DYNAMO...
Matching Quote
"Alas for those two loving ones! she waked not from her
swound
,
And he was taken with the cramp, and in the waves was drowned;
But Fate has metamorphosed them, in pity of their woe,
And now they keep an oyster-shop for mermaids down below."
-Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
MORE
Want swound ad-free? Click here!
Related Words
soony
MORE
Related Searches
The rime of the anci...
Port on the sea of j...
Map of the sea of ja...
Analysis of rime of ...
List of triple crown...
Nearby Words
swordsman-ship
swordsmanship
swordsmen
swordstick
swordswoman
swordswomen
swordtail
swore
swore by
swore in
swore off
swore out
sworn
swosh
swot
swot up
swotted
swotter
swotty
swough
swound
swounds
swown
swozzle
swp
sws
swt
swtz
swtz.
swum
swung
swung dash
swung-dash
swy
swyer-james syn...
swythe
swz
sx
sxi
sy
sy agnon
Partners:
Word
Bloglines
Citysearch
The Daily Beast
Ask Answers
Ask Kids
Life123
Sendori
Home Advisor
Copyright ©
2013 Dictionary.com, LLC
. All rights reserved.
About
PRIVACY POLICY
Terms
API
Careers
Advertise with Us
Contact Us
Suggest a Word
Help
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Favorites feature
Please
Login
or
Sign Up
to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT