aswoon

aswoon
\\əˈswün\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English aswoue, aswoune, aswone, from Old English geswōgen

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/euh swoohn"/, adj., adv.
being in a swoon: the duchess aswoon on the couch in despair.
[1300-50; ME aswowe(n), aswowne, alter. (with initial vowel taken as A-1) of i swone(n), in swoue(n), reanalysis, as a prep. phrase, of iswouen, OE geswogen fainted; see Y-, SWOON]

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aswoon /ə-swoonˈ/ (archaic)
adverb
In a swoon
ORIGIN: Poss for on or in swoon; or orig a pap, ME iswowen, from OE geswōgen swooned (not known in other parts of speech)

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