According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.
faint, swoon, syncope, deliquium
(noun) a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain
faint, conk, swoon, pass out
(verb) pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain
Source: WordNet® 3.1
swoon (plural swoons)
A faint.
An infatuation.
swoon (third-person singular simple present swoons, present participle swooning, simple past and past participle swooned) (intransitive)
(literally) To faint, to lose consciousness.
Synonyms: black out, faint, pass out
(by extension) To be overwhelmed by emotion, especially infatuation.
To make a moan, sigh, or some other sound expressing infatuation or affection.
Source: Wiktionary
Swoon, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Swooning.] Etym: [OE. swounen, swoghenen, for swo, fr. swo to sigh deeply, to droop, AS. swogan to sough, sigh; cf. geswogen senseless, swooned, geswowung a swooning. Cf. Sough.]
Definition: To sink into a fainting fit, in which there is an apparent suspension of the vital functions and mental powers; to faint; -- often with away. The sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. Lam. ii. 11. The most in years . . . swooned first away for pain. Dryden. He seemed ready to swoon away in the surprise of joy. Tatler.
Swoon, n.
Definition: A fainting fit; syncope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.