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Definition of Swounds
1. interj. An exclamation contracted from God's wounds; -- used as an oath.
Definition of Swounds
1. Noun. (plural of swound) ¹
2. Verb. (third-person singular of swound) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Swounds
1. swound [v] - See also: swound
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swounds
Literary usage of Swounds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hamlet by William Shakespeare (2001)
"550 'swounds, I should take it ; for it cannot be But I am pigeon-liver'd, and
lack gall To make oppression bitter ; or ere this I should have fatted all ..."
2. Shakespeare's Pronunciation [I]: A Shakespeare Phonology, with a Rime-index by Wilhelm Viëtor (1906)
"+ swounds (sounds) v. RL 1489. + wounds s. ib. grounds s. ... -\-swounds (sounds) v.
ib. — v. — : bounds v. VA 267. 565. ..."
3. Hamlet by William Shakespeare (2001)
"550 'swounds, I should take it ; for it cannot be But I am pigeon-liver'd, and
lack gall To make oppression bitter ; or ere this I should have fatted all ..."
4. Shakespeare's Pronunciation [I]: A Shakespeare Phonology, with a Rime-index by Wilhelm Viëtor (1906)
"+ swounds (sounds) v. RL 1489. + wounds s. ib. grounds s. ... -\-swounds (sounds) v.
ib. — v. — : bounds v. VA 267. 565. ..."
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