2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Squeamish \Squeam"ish\ (skw[=e]m"[i^]sh), a. [OE. squaimous, sweymous, probably from OE. sweem, swem, dizziness, a swimming in the head; cf. Icel. sveimr a bustle, a stir, Norw. sveim a hovering about, a sickness that comes upon one, Icel. svimi a giddiness, AS. sw[imac]ma. The word has been perhaps confused with qualmish. Cf. {Swim} to be dizzy.] Having a stomach that is easily turned or nauseated; hence, nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling improprieties. [1913 Webster] Quoth he, that honor's very squeamish That takes a basting for a blemish. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster] His muse is rustic, and perhaps too plain The men of squeamish taste to entertain. --Southern. [1913 Webster] So ye grow squeamish, Gods, and sniff at heaven. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] Syn: Fastidious; dainty; overnice; scrupulous. See {Fastidious}. [1913 Webster] -- {Squeam"ish*ly}, adv. -- {Squeam"ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: squeamishness n : a mild state of nausea [syn: {queasiness}, {qualm}]
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