swoon´ing|ly

swoon´ing|ly
swoon «swoon», verb, noun.
–v.i.
1. to faint: »

She swoons at the sight of blood.

2. to fade or die away gradually.
3. to go into a state of great joy; become thrilled with overwhelming delight; become enraptured: »

[He] is a wonderful man: the ladies have been swooning all over him and keeping the dregs from his tea in cologne bottles (Edmund Wilson).

–n.
1. a faint; syncope: »

Cold water will bring her out of the swoon.

2. Obsolete. a deep or sound sleep.
[Middle English swonen, ultimately < Old English geswōgen in a swoon]
swoon´ing|ly, adverb.

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