swoon

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
verb pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

From Middle English swoune, swone, from the verb (see below).

So over them they lament and swoon. — Four Arthurian Romances, de Troyes, active 12th century Chrétien
It was no swoon--she kept her senses. — The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English, Unknown
And therewith he fell back in a swoon. — King Arthur's Knights: The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls, Henry Gilbert

faint, syncope, deliquium

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