forswat
English
Etymology
From Middle English forswat, from Old English *forswǣtt, *forswǣted, past participle of Old English *forswǣtan (“to sweat excessively”), equivalent to for- + sweat.
Adjective
forswat (comparative more forswat, superlative most forswat)
- (obsolete) Overheated; covered with sweat.
- Edmund Spenser (1579) The Shepheardes Calender Conteyning twelve Ægloguesproportionable to the twelve monethes, London: Printed by Hugh Singleton: “She is my Goddess plain, And I her Shepherd's Swain, Albe forswonk and forswat I am.”
Anagrams
- forstaw