squeamous

English

Alternative forms

  • swaimous (dialectal)

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)

  1. (obsolete) squeamish

References

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