qualmy, a.
(ˈkwɑːmɪ, ˈkwɔːmɪ)
Also 6 quamie.
[f. qualm n.3 + -y.]
= qualmish.
| 1562 Leigh Armorie (1597) 129 Neyther abounding in hote desire, neither oppressed with quamie colde. 1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus (1876) 38 Astonisht in a qualmy traunce. 1846 Landor Exam. Shaks. Wks. II. 274, I myself did feel queerish and qualmy. 1884 Miss Dillwyn Jill II. xi. 178 The mere smell of it makes one feel qualmy. |
Hence ˈqualmyish a., somewhat qualmy.
| 1831 Blackw. Mag. XXX. 975 With a queerish and qualmyish feeling. |