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qualmish
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 ...
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squalmish
squalmish, a. U.S. colloq. (ˈskwɑːmɪʃ, ˈskwɔːmɪʃ) Also squamish, squawmish. [Var. qualmish a., perh. influenced by squeamish a.] Nauseous, qualmish, queasy.1867 ‘Mark Twain’ Notebk. (1935) vi. 59, I am..very tired of being seasick... All I take an interest in is being squalmish and getting to shore ...
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qualmy
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 f...
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squeamish
squeamish, a., adv., and n. (ˈskwiːmɪʃ) Forms: α. 5 squaymysch, 6 -ysh, -ish(e, 6–7 squaimish(e; 6 squeim-, squeymish, skeymishe; 6–7 squamish, north. dial. 8–9 swaimish, 9 swamish. β. 6–7 squemish(e, 7 squeemish (9 dial. skeemish), 6– squeamish; north. dial. 7, 9 sweamish, 9 sweemish. [var. of squa...
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quailing
▪ I. quailing, vbl. n.1 (ˈkweɪlɪŋ) [f. quail v.1 + -ing1.] The action of giving way, failing, losing heart, etc.1549 Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Tim. Ded. 1 Seyng Paule was so afrayed of their quayling, whome he had instructed. 1596 Shakes. 1 Hen. IV, iv. i. 39 There is no quailing now, Because the ...
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wamble
▪ I. wamble, n. (ˈwɒmb(ə)l) Also 8– womble. Now only colloq. or dial. [f. wamble v.] 1. A rolling or uneasiness in the stomach; a feeling of nausea; spec. see quot. 1899.1603 Holland Plutarch's Mor. iv. 701 Our meat going downe into the stomacke merily, and with pleasure, dissolveth incontinently al...
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