Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aswoon

/əˈswuːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: as-woon
IPA: /əˈswuːn/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a swoon; swooningly.

Example Sentences

"'This is your daughter whom you so commended / As wife for me; the other on my oath / Shall be my heir as I have long intended, / They are the children of your body, both.' [...] / On hearing this Griselda fell aswoon / In piteous joy, but made recovery / And called her children to her."
"Anyhow, he came right over, and I was near aswoon but breathed real deep and gripped hold of the cash tray and managed not to tumble to the floor-even if the quarters did a little dance in their bin with me tugging to stay up."

Etymology

From a- + swoon.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: a

Rhymes With

soon june afternoon moon man in the moon blue moon tune immune noon cartoon balloon spoon

Questions

How do you pronounce aswoon?: The recorded pronunciation is /əˈswuːn/.
What does aswoon mean?: In a swoon; swooningly.
Where does aswoon come from?: From a- + swoon.

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