squeamous

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adjective

squeamish

OriginMiddle English squaimous ← Anglo-Norman escoimus →
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Meanings

adjectivesqueamous (comparative more squeamous, superlative most squeamous)

comparative more squeamous · superlative most squeamous · alternative dialectal swaimous

  1. obsoletesqueamish

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normanescoimus
  2. Middle Englishsquaimous
  3. Englishsqueamous

From Middle English squaimous, queimous, swaymos, sweymows, partly from Anglo-Norman escoimus, escoymous, of unknown origin (possibly from the English); and partly from Middle English sweme, sweyme, swayme, sqweme (“sorrow, grief, unconsciousness, dizzy spell, faintness”) + -ous. See sweam and sweem.

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