Definitions for swoonswun

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

swoonswun(v.i.)

to faint; lose consciousness.
Category: Pathology
to enter a state of hysterical rapture or ecstasy.
(n.)a faint or fainting fit; syncope.
Category: Pathology

Origin of swoon:

1250–1300; ME swo(w)nen

Princeton's WordNet

faint, swoon, syncope, deliquium(verb)
a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
faint, conk, swoon, pass out(verb)
pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

Wiktionary

swoon(Noun)
A faint.
swoon(Noun)
An infatuation
swoon(Verb)
to faint, to lose consciousness
swoon(Verb)
to be overwhelmed by emotion (especially infatuation)

Origin: From swownen, swonen, and aswoune, both ultimately from geswogen, past participle of swogan (compare aswogan), from swōganan, from swāghe-. Cognate with swogen, zwoegen, dialectal søgja. More at sough.

Webster Dictionary

Swoon(verb)
to sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away
Swoon(noun)
a fainting fit; syncope