qualmish

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English

Etymology

From qualm +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

Adjective

qualmish

  1. Affected with qualms; queasy, nauseous.
    • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 77:
      I awoke rather qualmish, but, dressing and going upon deck, the sharp air recovered me.
    • 2001, WG Sebald, translated by Anthea Bell, Austerlitz, Penguin, published 2011, page 53:
      I had sought out a dark corner, since by now I did indeed feel rather qualmish inside my yellow skin.

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