qualmishnessn.
/ˈkwɑːmɪʃnəs/, U.S. /ˈkwɑ(l)mɪʃnəs/, /ˈkwɔ(l)mɪʃnəs/ The condition of being or feeling qualmish.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > nausea
wlatingc725
unlusteOE
abominationa1398
flatingnessa1398
indignation1398
wambling1398
wlatness1398
nausea?a1425
walmingc1440
loathsomeness1536
qualming1565
subversion of the stomach1569
queasiness1576
pukishness1581
squeamishnessa1586
distaste1598
nausiness1598
wamble1603
sickness1604
distasting1605
distasture1611
nauseation1628
nauseousness1628
qualmishness1643
nauseating1651
crop-sickness1654
squeasinessa1660
mawkishness1670
qualminess1778
wambliness1900
icky1969
1643 T. Crisp Christ Alone Exalted iv. 92 From whence proceeds the qualmishnesse of the stomacks?
1657 T. M. Life Satyrical Puppy 105 She would be as leacherous as the Mountaine-Goate, had not Natures qualmishnesse proved a strong contradiction to her desire.
1725 H. Sloane Voy. Islands II. v. 106 Barbados-Cherries..dispel Wind, and take away the Qualmishness of the Stomach.
1786 C. Johnstone Adventures Anthony Varnish II. xx. 99 The ladies..prepared themselves..to encounter that dreadful sickness, which a certain qualmishness in their stomachs informed them was very rapidly approaching.
1844 A. Smith Adventures Mr. Ledbury I. ii. 14 On approaching the Foreland the first sensations of qualmishness became apparent.
1872 Appletons' Jrnl. 16 Mar. 289/3 Our eyes..soon grow accustomed to the scene, and our qualmishness goes down.
1932 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 45 195 Qualmishness and lack of appetite are believed to be signs that the child will be a girl.
1995 Sunday Times (Nexis) 26 Feb. Carmel shrinks into sickly qualmishness as the novel proceeds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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