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forswat

forswat adjective: overheated; covered with sweat.

Adjective

forswat (comparative more forswat, superlative most forswat)

  1. (obsolete) Overheated; covered with sweat.
    • She is my Goddess plain, And I her Shepherd's Swain, Albe forswonk and forswat I am.1579, Edmund Spenser, The Shepheardes Calender Conteyning twelve Æglogues proportionable to the twelve monethes, London: Printed by Hugh Singleton

Forms of forswat

comparativemore forswat
superlativemost forswat

Origin of forswat

From Middle English forswat, from Old English *forswǣtt, *forswǣted, past participle of Old English *forswǣtan (“to sweat excessively”), equivalent to for- + sweat.

Questions about forswat

What does forswat mean?
Forswat means overheated; covered with sweat.
What part of speech is forswat?
Forswat is an adjective.

Words near forswat in the dictionary

  1. Forsts
  2. forsure
  3. forswallow
  4. forswart
  5. forswarted
  6. forswat
  7. forsweal
  8. forswealing
  9. forsweals
  10. forswear
  11. forswearer

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