swoon

== English == === Alternative forms === swound (obsolete) === Pronunciation === enPR: swo͝on, IPA(key): /swuːn/ (obsolete) enPR: so͝on, IPA(key): /suːn/ Rhymes: -uːn === Etymology 1 === From Middle English swoune, swone, from the verb (see below). ==== Noun ==== swoon (plural swoons) A faint. An infatuation. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English swounen, swonen (“to faint”), and aswoune (“in a swoon”), both ultimately from Old English ġeswōgen (“insensible, senseless, dead”), past participle of swōgan (“to make a sound, overrun, suffocate”) (compare Old English āswōgan (“to cover over, overcome”)), from Proto-West Germanic *swōgan, from Proto-Germanic *swōganą (“to make a noise”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-. ==== Verb ==== swoon (third-person singular simple present swoons, present participle swooning, simple past and past participle swooned) (literally) To faint, to lose consciousness. Synonyms: black out, faint, pass out (by extension) To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation. (transitive) To overwhelm with emotion, especially infatuation. To make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection. 2013 (November 2), Pinky, 10 minutes into episode 25 ("The Spy Who Slimed Me") of TV series "Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures" per closed captions [Swoons] For sure. He's totally dreamy. Uh--but my heart still belongs to you, Pac-ums. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === “swoon”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.