Etymology

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Today it means: (the skeevies) A feeling of nausea or fear Full definition →

Italian schifo
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The story

  1. Italian · borrowed fromschifoso“disgusting, loathsome”
  2. Italian · borrowed fromschifare“to disgust, to loathe”
  3. Italian · borrowed fromschifo“disgust, nausea”
  4. English todayskeevies

skeevy, from Italian schifo (“disgust, nausea”), Italian schifare (“to disgust, to loathe”), and Italian schifoso (“disgusting, loathsome”).

Words from the same roots

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