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
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