queasy
English
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Etymology
From Middle English coysy, possibly from Old Norse kveisa (“boil”) ( > Norwegian kveise/kvise), perhaps influenced by Anglo-Norman queisier, from Old French coisier (“to wound, hurt, make uneasy”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
queasy (comparative queasier, superlative queasiest)
- Experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomach.
- 1999, Lucy Honig, The Truly Needy And Other Stories, University of Pittsburgh Press (→ISBN), page 75:
- She was in the middle of a gigantic breakfast of coffee and piles of toast, eggs and bacon and a tall glass of milk. It made him queasy to see all that food.
- 1999, Lucy Honig, The Truly Needy And Other Stories, University of Pittsburgh Press (→ISBN), page 75:
- Easily troubled; squeamish.
Derived terms
Translations
experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness
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easily troubled; squeamish
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