queal

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verb

To faint away.

OriginMiddle English quelen ← Old English cwelan ← Proto-West Germanic *kwelan →
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Meanings

queal1

verbqueal (third-person singular simple present queals, present participle quealing, simple past and past participle quealed)

present singular third person queals · participle present quealing · participle past quealed · past quealed

  1. UKdialectalintransitiveTo faint away.

queal2

verbqueal (third-person singular simple present queals, present participle quealing, simple past and past participle quealed)

present singular third person queals · participle present quealing · participle past quealed · past quealed

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of quail.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
faint

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-“to sting, pierce”
  2. Proto-Germanic*kwelaną“to suffer”
  3. Proto-West Germanic*kwelan
  4. Old Englishcwelan“to die”
  5. Middle Englishquelen
  6. Englishqueal

From Middle English quelen, from Old English cwelan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *kwelan, from Proto-Germanic *kwelaną (“to suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH- (“to sting, pierce”). Related to Middle Dutch quelen, queilen. Doublet of quail.

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APA

queal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queal

MLA

“queal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “queal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/queal.

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