swoonyadj.

/ˈswuːni/

Etymology: < swoon n. + -y suffix¹.

1. Inclined to swoon.

ΚΠ

a1919 In recent Dicts.

1978 M. Dickens Open Bk. (1980) ii. 26 For one of her heroes, in the style she originated as a swoony girl in Dulwich, Fanny wrote: [etc.].

2. Inducing a swoon; hence, distractingly attractive, delightful. colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adjective]

gracious1340

glorious skinnyc1400

drawing1435

gracefulc1449

attrayant1477

well-favoured1539

alluring1567

graceda1586

attracting1589

attractive1592

winning1596

appealing1598

taking1603

allicient1613

enchantinga1616

motive1615

temptinga1616

allurant1631

catchinga1640

gaining1642

canny1643

charmful1656

charming1664

mignon1671

disarminga1718

prepossessing1737

seducing1749

seductive176.

eye-catching1770

sweet1779

catchy1784

attaching1785

engaging1816

cute1834

cunning1843

taky1854

cynosural1855

smart1860

fetching1880

seductious1883

fruity1900

barry1923

hot stuff1928

swoony1934

dishy1961

dolly1964

jiggy1996

aegyo2007

1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang.

1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 534/2 Swoony,..adj., attractive. Teenage use, c1940. More often in movies and stories about teenagers than used by teenagers.

1973 T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow i. 57 Those eyes she could never quite see into were so swoony.

1974 ‘R. Tate’ Birds of Bloodied Feather ii. 26 Champers and strawberries and Ronald and swoony lanes on the way back.

1976 P. Flower Crisscross i. 11 Their kiss was long and deep and swoony.

Derivatives

ˈswooniness n. a quality suggestive of a swoon.

ΚΠ

1909 R. Bridges in R. W. Dixon Poems p. xxx The faintness and swooniness is in some sort akin to the remoteness and misty atmosphere of antiquity.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	swoony
释义	swoonyadj. /ˈswuːni/ Etymology: < swoon n. + -y suffix¹. 1. Inclined to swoon. ΚΠ a1919 In recent Dicts. 1978 M. Dickens Open Bk. (1980) ii. 26 For one of her heroes, in the style she originated as a swoony girl in Dulwich, Fanny wrote: [etc.]. 2. Inducing a swoon; hence, distractingly attractive, delightful. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [adjective] gracious1340 glorious skinnyc1400 drawing1435 gracefulc1449 attrayant1477 well-favoured1539 alluring1567 graceda1586 attracting1589 attractive1592 winning1596 appealing1598 taking1603 allicient1613 enchantinga1616 motive1615 temptinga1616 allurant1631 catchinga1640 gaining1642 canny1643 charmful1656 charming1664 mignon1671 disarminga1718 prepossessing1737 seducing1749 seductive176. eye-catching1770 sweet1779 catchy1784 attaching1785 engaging1816 cute1834 cunning1843 taky1854 cynosural1855 smart1860 fetching1880 seductious1883 fruity1900 barry1923 hot stuff1928 swoony1934 dishy1961 dolly1964 jiggy1996 aegyo2007 1934 in Webster's New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 534/2 Swoony,..adj., attractive. Teenage use, c1940. More often in movies and stories about teenagers than used by teenagers. 1973 T. Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow i. 57 Those eyes she could never quite see into were so swoony. 1974 ‘R. Tate’ Birds of Bloodied Feather ii. 26 Champers and strawberries and Ronald and swoony lanes on the way back. 1976 P. Flower Crisscross i. 11 Their kiss was long and deep and swoony. Derivatives ˈswooniness n. a quality suggestive of a swoon. ΚΠ 1909 R. Bridges in R. W. Dixon Poems p. xxx The faintness and swooniness is in some sort akin to the remoteness and misty atmosphere of antiquity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1909
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