Swooning, a. & n.
from Swoon, v. -- Swoon"ing*ly, adv.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for swooning; he lists it under stupor.
Where he writes about it:
Syncope or swooning is a sudden loss of sensation and of power of motion, with suspension of pulse and of respiration, and is due to failure of heart-action, as from sudden nervous shock or intense mental emotion. — from stupor
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none given