/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 ]