Swoon Definition

swo͝on

swooned, swooning, swoons

verb

swooned, swooning, swoons

To faint.

Webster's New World

To feel strong, esp. rapturous, emotion.

Webster's New World

To be overwhelmed by ecstatic joy.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

noun

swoons

An act or instance of swooning.

Webster's New World

A fainting spell; syncope.

American Heritage

A state of ecstasy or rapture.

American Heritage

A period of poor performance.

A summer swoon in the economy.

Webster's New World

Wiktionary

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Origin of Swoon

From Middle English swownen, swonen (“to faint”), and Middle English 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-Germanic *swōganą (“to make a noise”), from Proto-Indo-European *swāghe- (“to shout”). Cognate with Low German swogen (“to sigh, groan”), Dutch zwoegen (“to groan, breathe heavily”), Norwegian dialectal søgja (“to whistle, hum, talk loudly”). More at sough.

From Wiktionary
Middle English swounen probably from iswowen in a swoon from Old English geswōgen past participle of *swōgan to suffocate

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition