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queasyadj. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare later squeasy adj.Any attempt to explain the etymology of the word is complicated by the variety of early forms (α. , β. , γ. , δ. , and ε. forms are all attested before the end of the 15th cent.), and the difficulty of determining the order of their development. Semantic similarity, and a good formal match for the β. forms, is provided by Old Icelandic kveisa whitlow, boil, in modern Icelandic colic, gripes (see cweise n.), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) kveis hangover, and it may be that the word shows a borrowing from early Scandinavian. If the γ. forms are primary, then Middle French coisier to be calm, to be at rest (12th cent. in Old French, also in sense ‘to calm’; < an unattested post-classical Latin *quietiare < classical Latin quietus quiet adj.) would provide an excellent etymon on formal grounds, but would only seem plausible on semantic grounds if (unattested) ironic use of the French word in the sense ‘to unsettle’ or ‘to be unsettled’ were to be assumed. Closer semantically would be quash v. or its French etymon, and these could also provide a formal match (compare forms with a diphthong in Middle English and in French, and compare also forms with medial -s- at that entry and Anglo-Norman quacer, quaser). Perhaps compare also quease v.1 L. Spitzer (in Studies in Philology 41 (1944) 521–43) suggests a further French etymology from one of the reflexes of classical Latin occāsiō (see occasion n.1) via the sense ‘bad occasion, accident, disaster’, but this demands the assumption of a number of unattested formal developments. In sense 6 perhaps by association with queachy adj. I. Senses relating to nausea. 1. the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > unwholesome the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > unsavouriness > [adjective] > disgusting c1450 Practica Phisicalia John of Burgundy in H. Schöffler (1919) 227 (MED) Drynke at mete and at soper no othyr drynke ix dayes and ete non kyse metis. 1496 Treat. Fysshynge wyth Angle in (rev. ed.) sig. hviv The barbyll..is a quasy meete and a peryllous for mannys body. a1500 Piers of Fulham (James) in W. C. Hazlitt (1866) II. 3 Kodlynges, konger, or suche queyse [v.r. coisy] fysche. 1544 T. Phaer (1553) sig. Nviijv In this disease ye maye eate no queasie meates, as eles, gese, duckes. 1578 J. Lyly f. 7 To the stomacke quatted with daynties, all delycates seeme quesie. 1653 T. Manton i. 21 Like a hot morsel or queasy bit, it was soon given up again. 1661 R. Lovell 225 Their flesh is queasy, corruptible, and aguish. 1876 G. Meredith I. xiv. 210 The..queasy brew..that she calls by the innocent name of tea. 1962 13 June 916/1 The recipe here [sc. ia television series] has a queasy mélange of saccharined goodies with disc jockies selecting tunes by pop composers, [etc.]. 1989 21 Feb. 22/2 Gordon set about inventing a rattling good recipe and, after a minute in the microwave, rushed his queasy cuisine down to the pub. the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > relating to time of ill health the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > characterized by ill health 1480 W. Harleston Let. 16 Jan. in (2009) 60 392 As ye knowe well the worlde was never queysyer ner more dowtefulle than it is now. ?1518 R. Copland tr. P. Gringore (new ed.) sig. B.iii I haue passed full many quasy dayes. 1603 R. Knolles 732 Infection taken in the campe in strange aire, and a most queasie time of the yeare. the mind > emotion > suffering > displeasure > [adjective] > unpleasant > extremely 1937 W. Lewis ii. ii. 92 He was undone by his vulgar oranges, his saponaceous blues, his queasy purples just as some men are undone by women and some by wine. 1969 A. Lurie (1978) 52 Long hours in queasy planes on grimy buses. 1997 Apr. 119/3 With scenes of queasy terror, baroque violence and sadomasochistic sex, Lost Highway..might best be described as ‘phantasmagorical noir.’ 2006 (Nexis) 29 Jan. d9 The big plane's inability to fly at altitudes above bumpy turbulence gave passengers a queasy ride. 2. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [adjective] > affected by nausea > of stomach 1545 T. Raynald & R. Jonas in tr. E. Roesslin iv. sig. Y.iiv She shall better digest and lyke her meate: her stomacke nothyng so quesy ne feable. 1574 T. Newton tr. G. Gratarolo 26 It is better for..stronge Stomackes then for Quasie and weake bodies. 1604 T. Dekker & T. Middleton iii. i. 214 Ile gyrd it close, As if my health were queazy. a1652 J. Smith (1660) ix. viii. 434 A Divine Philosophy; which..as men grew worse, their queazy stomachs began to loath it. a1684 R. Leighton (1830) I. 42 A full table, but a sickly body and queasy stomach. 1737 J. Miller iii. i. 32 I, with your Helps, will so practise on Protheus that, in spite of his quick Wit and queasy Stomach, he shall dote upon Liberia. 1839 ‘J. Fume’ 70 Not digested without grumbling by certain queasy stomachs. 1889 C. Keene Let. in G. S. Layard (1892) xiii. 409 My stomach is in such a queasy state, that a gram in excess puts me all wrong. 1912 J. Galsworthy 187 I would think, Sirs, that you should rather blame the queazy state of Pranza's stomach. 1977 (Nexis) 17 Jan. 8 Death Raft is not for the reader with a queasy stomach, not the sort of thing one would read casually for enjoyment. 2004 T. C. Boyle Epil. 417 My stomach is queasy from too many cups of coffee and the blue-plate special at some anonymous diner. the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [adjective] 1545 R. Ascham i. f. 10 These Instrumentes make a mannes wit..so tender and quaisie, that they be lesse able to brooke, stronge and tough studie. a1592 R. Greene (1594) sig. G Eyes are dissemblers, and fancie is but queasie. 1642 D. Rogers 565 Beware then of a sullen, queazy, coy and proud heart. 1659 R. Eedes Wisdom Iustified 40 in The queasie soul that receives not the Word. society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > [adjective] > conscientious > excessively conscientious > of conscience, scruples, etc. 1579 G. Harvey (1884) 76 The thinges themselves..ar not so offensive to quesy consciences. 1646 Sir T. Browne 374 The ambition of Boniface made no scruple thereof; nor of more queasie resolutions have been their Successors ever since. View more context for this quotation a1680 S. Butler (1928) 89 His slipp'ry Conscience..will not endure the gentlest Check, But at the slightest Nicety grows queasy. 1781 W. Cowper 447 When queasy conscience has its qualms. 1886 J. A. Symonds Catholic Reaction in (1898) I. iv. 223 Ignatius recommended fishers of souls to humour queasy consciences. 1954 E. Linklater i. iv. 89 I'm a writer of the old breed from Pliny the Elder to Dickens, who saw marvels in the world and wrote to express what they saw, not to transcribe the rumblings of a queasy conscience. 1980 2 Dec. 7/5 The fur-lined raincoat calms queasy consciences, quietens squeals of jealousy, [etc.]. 2002 (Nexis) 11 Sept. 13 People have an open mind and often a queasy conscience where foreign policy is concerned, or the enviable wealth of their society. 3. the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [adjective] > affected by nausea > of person 1579 G. Gilpin tr. P. van Marnix van Sant Aldegonde xii. f. 346 When our Bees are anointed with the same, then are they queasie, and without doubt, do seldome recouer or rise againe. a1616 W. Shakespeare (1623) iii. vi. 20 [The Romans] queazie with his insolence already, Will their good thoughts call from him. View more context for this quotation a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. F2/1 Your queazie young wives That perish undeliver'd, I am vext with. 1682 N. O. tr. N. Boileau-Despréaux i. Argt. Thus Queasie Madams meat forbear Untill they read, The Bill of Fare. a1785 J. Hall-Stevenson I. (1795) 135 Why should a hodge-podge make you queasy..On whom e'en haggesses sit easy? 1816 T. L. Peacock vii. 92 The Reverend Doctor Gaster found himself rather queasy in the morning. 1855 R. Browning 64 Even to the crumbs I'd fain eat up the feast, Ay, nor feel queasy. 1870 F. P. Verney xx. 220 I did feel queesy and queery..when Ursley locked me in. 1966 S. J. Perelman 156 After another three days, thoroughly parboiled and rendered queasy by the twitter of the loose-wristed fraternity around the hotel, we mutually agreed it was imperative to vamoose. 1987 R. Frame (1988) 144 The sudden movement made her feel queasy and she steadied herself by clinging to the sides of the wooden crate. 2005 (Nexis) 25 Oct. 43 After a couple of drinks, I start to feel tired and/or queasy, as though I'm already beginning a hangover. the world > time > change > changeableness > [adjective] 1579 G. Harvey (1884) 73 Over-stale for so queynte and queasye a worlde. 1602 J. Marston ii. sig. C4v O that the stomack of this queasie age Digestes, or brookes such raw vnseasoned gobs. 1641 C. Burgess & S. Marshall in S. Marshall Ep. Ded. A time so queasie and distempered as can hardly beare that Food or Physicke which is needfull. 1869 R. Browning IV. x. 6 The queasy river could not hold Its swallowed Jonas, but discharged the meal. 1993 (Nexis) 26 Sept. 4 Guinness will have a future, even if worldwide recession has left it with something of hangover this year and feeling queasy about 1994. the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > [adjective] > causing discomfort the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [adjective] > affected by nausea 1589 J. Lyly sig. B O what queasie girds were they towards the fall of the leafe. a1631 J. Donne (1953) I. 435 If love with queasie paine thy stomack move, Soe will a slutt whome none dare touch; or love. 1650 J. Bulwer 158 To return by Art their queasie paine upon women, to the great reproach of Nature. a1782 R. Bentley (1783) iii. i. 25 The country round about could furnish Only some two poor bushels of fresh roses, Hardly enough to arm his queasy sense Against eight sturdy. Cappadocian slaves, Who melted as they bore along his litter. 1878 R. L. Stevenson 114 I had a queasy sense that I wore my last dry clothes upon my body. 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ xiii Those people who grasp that capitalism is evil but who are conscious of a sort of queasy, shuddering sensation when socialism is mentioned. 1978 16 Apr. 1 c/2 The runner often develops what is known as paresthesia: his fingers and toes begin to tingle, a sort of queasy feeling overcomes him, and this is followed by muscle tetany or paralysis. 1999 (Nexis) 18 June (Sports section) Darryl Shannon is hiding the churning, queasy, butterfly nerves that come with the anxiety of playing in the Stanley Cup Finals. II. Senses relating to instability or uncertainty. †5. the world > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or troublesome > time or state of affairs the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective] > insecure, weak 1459 J. Brackley in (2004) II. 185 Be my feyth, here is a coysy werd. 1471 J. Paston in (2004) I. 438 The worlde, I ensure yow, is ryght qwesye. c1563 I. 66 The time is so quesie That he that speaketh best, is lest thanke worthie. 1587 J. Hooker Chron. Ireland 136/2 in (new ed.) II So manie of hir maiesties priuie councell, as could in that quesie time be assembled. 1611 J. Speed ix. xx. 742/2 The times being queasy, the King wiselie forbare to take any seuere reuenge. the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective] the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > insecure > precarious 1589 T. Cooper 203 I must..protest it is a queisie & dangerous matter. 1608 W. Shakespeare vi. 17 I haue one thing of a quesie question, which must aske breefnes. View more context for this quotation the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > infertile 1593 G. Peele sig. E2 The dampes that rise from out the quesie plots. 1649 W. Blith xiv. 80 It was great Lands..full of your soft Rushes..and lay very wet..it was so Weake and Barren, so cold and queasy. 1941 11 Sept. 9/2 A few tankmen have a queer instinct for nosing out queasy ground. The instinct is akin to the ‘feel’ oldtime steamboat pilots had for ferreting out treacherous shoal waters. 1968 16 Sept. 4/2 The Shafer Administration Republicans are treading on somewhat queasy ground in their fight..over the increase in crime in Pennsylvania. 2002 (Nexis) 28 Mar. a i. 1 Nahrin [in Afghanistan] sits on queasy ground, and every year there's at least one earthquake. Compounds (In sense 2.) the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [adjective] > deeply affected the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [adjective] > affected by nausea > of person 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch 974 Antonius..being quesie stomaked with his surfet. 1635 F. Quarles iii. xiv. 178 Looke sister, how the queazie-stomack'd Graves Vomit their dead. 1724 E. Haywood i. i. 6 Why my Mistress is a Widow, and exceeding rich; but, duce on't, her Age and Affectation will never down with thy queasy stomach'd Master. 1802 W. Gifford tr. Juvenal vi. 292 Why waste the wine and cakes The queasy-stomach'd guest, at parting, takes? 1991 N. Baker vi. 106 Updike..whose boy-heroes are sometimes more sensitive and queasier-stomached than one wants them to be. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  adj.c1450 |
