Forswat

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Overheated; covered with sweat. obsolete

    "She is my Goddess plain, And I her Shepherd's Swain, Albe forswonk and forswat I am."

Example

More examples

"She is my Goddess plain, And I her Shepherd's Swain, Albe forswonk and forswat I am."

Etymology

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

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