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Etymology

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From swoon +‎ -y.

Adjective

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swoony (comparative more swoony, superlative most swoony)

  1. Tending to swoon or faint
    • 2007 May 5, Alessandra Stanley, “The New Modern Woman, Ambitious and Feeble”, in New York Times[1]:
      On Thursday’s episode Addison [] turned swoony when a handsome, lecherous colleague kissed her in a stairwell.