qualmish, a.
(ˈkwɑːmɪʃ, ˈkwɔːmɪʃ)
[f. qualm n.3 + -ish1.]
1. Of persons: Affected with a qualm or qualms; tending, or liable, to be so affected.
| 1548 Udall Erasm. Par. Luke Pref. 3 Our soule is qualmishe ouer this meate. 1599 Shakes. Hen. V, v. i. 22, I am qualmish at the smell of Leeke. 1670 Dryden Tyran. Love iv. i, Qualmish and loathing all you had before: Yet with a sickly Appetite to more. 1748 Smollett Rod. Rand. lxix, My dear angel has been qualmish of late. 1816 Scott Fam. Lett. 25 Dec. (1894) I. xii. 388 The..dog arrived..a little lean and qualmish however after his sea voyage. 1860 Motley Netherl. (1868) I. viii. 521 Elizabeth was not desirous of peace..she was qualmish at the very suggestion. |
2. Of feelings, etc.: Of the nature of a qualm.
| 1798 Sporting Mag. XII. 195, I began to feel some very qualmish symptoms. 1860 T. Martin Horace 217 Our qualmish sickness drown In Caecuban divine! |
3. Of things: Apt to produce qualms. rare.
| 1826 Disraeli Viv. Grey vi. i, It is like a qualmish liqueur in the midst of a bottle of wine. |
Hence ˈqualmishly adv.; ˈqualmishness.
| a 1650 May Satir. Puppy (1657) 105 She would be as leacherous as the Mountaine-Goate, had not Natures qualmishnesse proved a strong contradiction to her desire. 1844 Alb. Smith Adv. Mr. Ledbury ii. (1886) 8 On approaching the Foreland the first sensations of qualmishness became apparent. 1845 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 32 Thinking about it keenly and qualmishly. |