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English
Etymology
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.
Adjective
squeamous (comparative more squeamous, superlative most squeamous)
- (obsolete) squeamish
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