Definition of Swoonings

1. swooning [n] - See also: swooning

Lexicographical Neighbors of Swoonings

swoltery
swomp
swone
swones
swonk
swonken
swoon
swooned
swooner
swooners
swoonier
swooniest
swoonily
swooning
swooningly
swoonings (current term)
swoons
swoony
swoop
swoop up
swooped
swooper
swoopers
swoopier
swoopiest
swooping
swoopingly
swoops
swoopstake

Literary usage of Swoonings

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Memoranda of the Experience, Labors, and Travels of a Universalist Preacher by George Rogers (1845)
"... to the sin of poetry-making—more about Ben—Religious swoonings—Eccentricities of Father S.—Devotes himself permanently to the ministerial profession. ..."

2. The complete herbalist; or, The people their own physicians by the use of by Oliver Phelps Brown (1867)
"It mny be kept in a syrup or conserve, and will be found useful in trembling of the heart, and faintings and swoonings. MULLEIN. VERBASCUM THAPSUS. ..."

3. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1835)
"Butthe hemoptysis, the paralytic symptoms, the swoonings, and her many other ... During the journey she had many swoonings, but on the whole she bore the ..."

4. Memoranda of the Experience, Labors, and Travels of a Universalist Preacher by George Rogers (1845)
"... to the sin of poetry-making—more about Ben—Religious swoonings—Eccentricities of Father S.—Devotes himself permanently to the ministerial profession. ..."

5. The complete herbalist; or, The people their own physicians by the use of by Oliver Phelps Brown (1867)
"It mny be kept in a syrup or conserve, and will be found useful in trembling of the heart, and faintings and swoonings. MULLEIN. VERBASCUM THAPSUS. ..."

6. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1835)
"Butthe hemoptysis, the paralytic symptoms, the swoonings, and her many other ... During the journey she had many swoonings, but on the whole she bore the ..."

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