sweem

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points: 10
Words With Friends: 11
Letters: 5

Definition of sweem

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

(UK, dialectal)To swoon, faint; be giddy.

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verb

(UK, dialectal)To swoon, faint; be giddy.

noun

(UK, dialectal)A swoon, fainting; a state of giddiness or faintness.

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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”).

Anagrams of sweem

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