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Definition swoon

Etymology 1

From Middle English swoune, swone, from the verb (see below).

Noun

swoon (plural swoons)

1. A faint.
2. An infatuation.

Etymology 2

From Middle English swounen, swonen (“to faint”), and aswoune (“in a swoon”), both ultimately from Old English ?esw?gen (“insensible, senseless, dead”), past participle of sw?gan (“to make a sound, overrun, suffocate”) (compare Old English ?sw?gan (“to cover over, overcome”)), from Proto-Germanic *sw?gan? (“to make a noise”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)weh?g?-. Cognate with Low German swogen (“to sigh, groan”), Dutch zwoegen (“to groan, breathe heavily”), dialectal Norwegian søgja (“to whistle, hum, talk loudly”). More at sough.

Verb

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

1. (literally) To faint, to lose consciousness.
2. (by extension) To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation.
3. To make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection.

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