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 ankle

   swollen knee

   swollen salaries

   swollen thumb

swollen

1. past participle of swell

• swole

• Nowells, nowells

swollen

1. past participle of swellan