Meanings
adjectiveforswat (comparative more forswat, superlative most forswat)
comparative more forswat · superlative most forswat
- obsoleteOverheated; 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
Origin
- Old English*forswǣtan“to sweat excessively”
- Old English*forswǣtt
- Middle Englishforswat
- Englishforswat
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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