swollen

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”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈswəʊ.lən/

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• Rhymes: -əʊlən
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈswoʊ.lən/
• Rhymes: -oʊlən

swollen (comparative more swollen, superlative most swollen)

1. protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).

swollen

1. past participle of swell

• swole

• Nowells, nowells

swollen

1. past participle of swellan