dwam

Scots

Etymology

Later form of dwalm.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dwɑːm/

Noun

dwam (uncountable)

1. faint, swoon; fainting fit
2. a trance or daydreaming state
   • 2003, Anne Donovan, Buddha Da:

     Ah was in such a dwam that ah'd nearly walked past him […]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2017, Bernard MacLaverty, “Chapter 10”, in Midwinter Break (in English), page 192:

     He waited and let Stella onto the escalator first and stood behind her as they ascended to the airport. She seemed in a dwam as she was being carried upwards, one hand resting on the black rubber banister.

Verb

dwam

1. to faint, swoon