Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: swollen – symptom
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swollen, adj. [see swell, v.]
Filled to overflowing.
swoon, n. [OE 'senseless, fainted, to overgrow, choke, to fall in a faint'.]
- A fainting fit; delirium.
- Excitement, exaggeration of emotion.
sword, n. [OE sweord.]
- An offensive weapon used to kill or injure.
- An emblem of power and majesty.
sycamore, n. [OFr < L. < Gk. 'fig + mulberry'.]
Species of large tree with multi-colored bark.
syllable (-s), n. [AFr. < L. < Gk. 'to take, put or bring together'.]
- Logos; word; [fig.] Christ as the Word in creation (see John 1:1).
- Metrical unit; small part of a whole discourse.
- Sound; utterance; [fig.] bird song.
- Expression.
- Set of sounds making up a word; portion of a word consisting of a vowel nucleus that has an optional consonant onset preceding and an optional consonant coda following.
syllable-less, adj. [see syllable, n.]
Wordless; soundless.
sylvan, adj. [Fr. < L. silvÄnce, goddess of the woods.]
Woody; made from a tree; [fig.] forested; hidden in Nature.
symbol (-s), n. [L. < Gk. 'token, mark, ticket, to put together, to throw'.]
- Something that stands for or suggests something else by relationship or association; an emblem; a token.
- Concrete item used to represent an abstract idea or place.
- Religious imagery; icons.
- Cultural icons; representations of a whole.
sympathy, n. [L. < Gk. 'having a fellow feeding, to suffer'.]
- Agreement of affection.
- Quality of being affected by the feelings of another generally pain, sorrow or regret.
- Concern; compassion
symptom (-s), n. [L. < Gk. 'chance, accident, disease, to fall together, misfortune'.]
- Event; experience.
- Consequence; co-occurrence; result; response at the same time as something else.
- Sign of.