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Monday Word: Dwam
dwam [dwɔːm or dwɑːm]
chiefly Scottish
noun:
1. a fainting spell or sudden attack of illness
2. daydream, reverie
examples:
1. Rebus drove to work next morning in what his father would have called "a dwam," unaware of the world around him. Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin.
2. Online shoppers don't drift or derive or dwam around: they point and click. The Guardian "Tales from the Mall by Ewan Morrison – review." August 2012
origin
akin to Old English dwolma chaos, Old High German twalm bewilderment, stupefaction, Old Norse dylminn careless, indifferent, Gothic dwalmon to be foolish, insane
chiefly Scottish
noun:
1. a fainting spell or sudden attack of illness
2. daydream, reverie
examples:
1. Rebus drove to work next morning in what his father would have called "a dwam," unaware of the world around him. Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin.
2. Online shoppers don't drift or derive or dwam around: they point and click. The Guardian "Tales from the Mall by Ewan Morrison – review." August 2012
origin
akin to Old English dwolma chaos, Old High German twalm bewilderment, stupefaction, Old Norse dylminn careless, indifferent, Gothic dwalmon to be foolish, insane
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