English Explanatory Dictionary

forswollen

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Excessively swollen; (figuratively) puffed up with pride; boastful; enraged.

Word forms

forswollen more forswollen most forswollen

Etymology

From Middle English forswollen, for-swollen, forswellen, equivalent to for- + swollen.

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