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swollen

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈswəʊ.lən/(UK)
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/ˈswəʊ.lən/(UK) · /ˈswɒ.lən/(UK) · /ˈswoʊ.lən/(US)

Definition of swollen

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).
    “swollen ankle”
    “swollen knee”
    “swollen salaries”
    “swollen thumb”
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adj

  1. Protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).
    “swollen ankle”
    “swollen knee”
    “swollen salaries”
    “swollen thumb”

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)past participle of swell

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Etymology

From Middle English swollen, i-swolle, y-swolle, yswolle, ȝeswollen, from Old English swollen, ġeswollen, from Proto-Germanic *swullanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”). Cognate with West Frisian swollen (“swollen”), Dutch gezwollen (“swollen”), German geschwollen (“swollen”), Swedish svullen (“swollen”).

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