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sweem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sweem
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To swoon, faint; be giddy.

British usage

noun

A swoon, fainting; a state of giddiness or faintness.

British usage

Etymology

From Middle English swemen, from Old English *swǣman, from Proto-West Germanic *swaimijan, from Proto-Germanic *swaimijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁- (“to move, sway”). Cognate with Scots sweem, soom (“to spin at high speed; float”), Icelandic sveima (“to float, hover; wander, roam”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: swemen, *swǣman, *swaimijan, *swaimijaną, *sweh₁-

Usage

Inflected Forms

sweems (present, singular) sweeming (participle, present) sweemed (participle, past) sweemed (past) sweems (plural)

Derived Forms

sweemy sweemish

Frequently Paired Words

sway sweam sweamish swim zoom

Questions

What does sweem mean?
To swoon, faint; be giddy.
Where does sweem come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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