Forswat
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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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