Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb & adjective In a faint or swoon.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a swoon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a swoon.
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- adverb In a
swoon .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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When Hasan saw her in this state of torment and misery and ignominy and infamy, he wept till he fainted; and when he recovered he saw his children playing and their mother aswoon for excess of pain; so he took the cap from his head and the children saw him and cried out, “O our father!”
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Presently, it seemed to him he beheld her form before him, whereupon fires flamed in him and his griefs redoubled and he fell down aswoon; — And
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Then Marjanah dismounted from her horse, and Al – Ghazban did in like sort, and they made fast the bridles and helped the Princess to dismount, for she was aswoon from excess of anguish.
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By the way, the Ladies at the Insurance Job are all aswoon over you and this stove.
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The press, all aswoon over McCain's manliness -- many of whom obsess over this because they're still working out their Boomer man-issues -- claimed that General Clark was somehow "attacking" Senator McCain or even more hallucinegenically "swift-boating" him.
Last Dance, Last Chance for Loooove Rogers 2008
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At this sight Isa fell down aswoon, and when he came to himself, Allah spake to him by inspiration, saying, ‘O Isa, hast thou seen the fish and comprehended its length and its breadth?’
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The press, all aswoon over McCain's manliness -- many of whom obsess over this because they're still working out their Boomer man-issues -- claimed that General Clark was somehow "attacking" Senator McCain or even more hallucinegenically "swift-boating" him.
Archive 2008-06-29 Rogers 2008
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She dances like the moonlight -- light, languorous, aswoon.
Perpetual Light : a memorial William Rose Ben��t 1918
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Into the valley aswoon, listening to the harmony of night.
Sandhya Songs of Twilight Dhan Gopal Mukerji 1913
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And when Clement heard that, anon he began to weep, and advised him, and took up his mother which was fallen down aswoon and began to know her.
The Golden Legend, vol. 6 1230-1298 1900
chained_bear commented on the word aswoon
In a swoon or faint. to fall aswoon: to faint away.
Usages:
c1400 Rom. Rose 1804 A-swoone I felle, bothe deed & pale.
1865 CARLYLE Fredk. Gt. III. VIII. iii. 15 Wilhelmina, faint, fasting, sleepless all night, fairly falls aswoon.
(from OED online)
February 6, 2007