-ous. See sweam and sweem. <span class="searchmatch">squeamous</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">squeamous</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">squeamous</span>) (obsolete) squeamish “<span class="searchmatch">squeamous</span>”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged...
swaimish (dialectal) squeimish, squemish, <span class="searchmatch">squeamous</span> (obsolete) Origin obscure. Likely a merger of earlier <span class="searchmatch">squeamous</span> (“squeamish”), from Middle English squaimous...