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Middle English
Adjective
squaimous
- squeamish
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Miller's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3337-3338:
But sooth to seyn, he was somdel squaymous
Of farting, and of speche daungerous.- But to say the truth, he was somewhat squeamish
About farting, and fastidious in his speech.
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