queasinessn.
/ˈkwiːzɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˈkwizinᵻs/ The state or condition of being queasy (literal and figurative).
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [noun] > conscientiousness > meticulous
conscience1483
scrupleness1489
scruple1526
scrupulosity1526
queasiness1576
punctualness1620
punctuality1622
scrupulousness1689
overscrupulousness1740
superstition1755
overscrupulosity1829
over-scruple1894
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
1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace 200 Sutch vnholsomnesse if they be barren, sutch quesinesse if they bee with childe.
1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 44 Their slibber sawces, which bring quasinesss to the stomacke.
1632 tr. G. Bruele Praxis Medicinæ 44 Then queisinesse and gnawing of the stomacke doth very much trouble him.
1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness To Rdr. ¶29. p. xxix A pretended queziness of Conscience.
1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 120 Its prevalent against..Queasiness.
1743 Family Mag. (ed. 2) ii. 240/2 This is an excellent remedy..when the stomach..is troubled with flatus, pain, queasiness, vomiting, [etc.].
1786 A. Seward Lett. 27 Oct. I. 204 You have a verbal queasiness about you, which amounts to disease.
1825 W. Tennant John Baliol iv. iii. 117 His native air, Whereto he ran, purged off the queasiness, And left him re-establish'd in his might Of independent and heroic health.
1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) viii, in Writings I. 78 [He] felt an odd queasiness in his throat, and could say nothing.
1898 A. Quiller-Couch in R. L. Stevenson St. Ives xxxiv Captain Colenso perceived my queasiness, and advised me to seek my berth and lie down.
1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists May 175/2 Expressions of horror and compassion, and passing states of nausea and queasiness.
1980 M. Laski in Country Life 18 Dec. 2371/4 To feel uneasily embarrassed at so much frankness..is to betray bourgeois queasiness.
2001 L. Voss To be Someone 226 My queasiness had escalated into a full-blown wave of nausea.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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