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qualmy

adj

Etymology

From qualm + -y.

  1. derived from quellen — “to stream, well up”
  2. borrowed from Qualm — “steam, vapor, mist”
  3. borrowed from kwalm
  4. derived from *gʷelH-✻
  5. inherited from *kwalm✻
  6. inherited from cwealm
  7. inherited from qualm
  8. suffixed as qualmy — “qualm + y”

Definitions

  1. queasy

    queasy; nauseous

    • Weary, listening to the whistling and the shuffling of feet, felt a queer, qualmy feeling in the region of his diaphragm, and he yielded to a hunger for consolation and company in his misery.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA