aswoon

American  

[uh-swoon] / əˈswun /

adjective

1. being in a swoon.

   the duchess aswoon on the couch in despair.

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Etymology

Origin of aswoon

1300–50; Middle English aswowe ( n ), aswowne, alteration (with initial vowel taken as a- ¹ ) of i swone ( n ), in swoue ( n ), reanalysis, as a prepositional phrase, of iswouen, Old English geswōgen fainted; see y-, swoon

Example Sentences

Already, matrons from Manasquan to Massapequa are aswoon over Broadway's newest star.

From Time Magazine Archive

"I liked Louie," said Ted, his cracked-cello voice aswoon.

From Time Magazine Archive

"O, I have mused on, often mused on       Growth, decay, Nations alive, dead, mad, aswoon,       In my day!"

From Moments of Vision and Miscellaneous Verses by Hardy, Thomas

And onward still, not failing nor aswoon, Across the Asôpus like a beaming moon The great word leapt, and on Kithairon's height Uproused a new relay of racing light.

From The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes by Murray, Gilbert

Prince comes up accordingly; a personable young fellow; intelligent-looking, self-possessed; makes obeisance to her Majesty, who answers in frosty politeness; and—and Wilhelmina, faint, fasting, sleepless all night, fairly falls aswoon.

From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 08 by Carlyle, Thomas