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‖ schwärm, v.|ʃvɛrm|
[ad. G. schwärmen: see next.]
intr. To feel or display enthusiasm or passion. Also ˈschwärmer, (fem.) ˈschwärmerin, an enthusiast, a zealot.
1884G. Meredith Let. 17 Sept. (1970) II. 745 The enclosed, from a Wagner Schwärmer, may induce you to visit Munich. 1913R. Brooke Let. 17 Dec. (1968) 553 They dance so well, the Fijians... I schwärm for it; and no white in or near Fiji cares twopence for anything except money-making. 1927M. Sadleir Trollope 211 Kate Field..developed first into a Schwärmerin for all the arts, then into a blue-stocking, and finally into a champion of woman's rights. 1946J. Cary Moonlight xxxiv. 276 ‘Oh, I saw it, a great bare barrack, and not even allowed to speak to other girls in the passages, or, walk arm-in-arm, and nowhere to go by yourself...’ Amanda, mildly surprised by this explosion of anger, said, ‘It's true we weren't allowed to schwärm—.’ |