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dwam

/ dwɔːm; dwɑːm /

noun

  1. a stupor or daydream (esp in the phrase in a dwam )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. intr to faint or fall ill
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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