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Webster 1913 Edition


Queasy

Quea′sy

,
Adj.
[Icel.
kweisa
pain; cf. Norw.
kveis
sickness after a debauch.]
1.
Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; qualmish.
2.
Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled; ticklish.
“ A queasy question.”
Shak.
Some seek, when
queasy
conscience has its qualms.
Cowper.

Webster 1828 Edition


Queasy

QUE'ASY

,
Adj.
s as z.
1.
Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit.
2.
Fastidious; squeamish; delicate.
3.
Causing nausea; as a queasy question.