squeamishnessn.
1.
a. The state of being affected with nausea or qualms; sickishness.
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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
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xiv. sig. Y5 Mopsa..at the first for squeamishnes going vp & downe, with her head like a boate in a storme.
1655 N. Culpeper et al. tr. L. Rivière Pract. Physick i. vii. 30 These are forerunners of our Epilepsy; disdain of meat, or immoderate Appetite, Squeamishness, heart-burning.
1692 E. Walker tr. Epictetus Enchiridion xxxv You should consider..Whether that Squeamishness you can forget, That makes you keep an Almanack for Meat.
1756 C. Smart tr. Horace Satires ii. ii, in tr. Horace Wks. (1826) II. 97 When exercise has worked off your squeamishness..then let me see you despise mean viands.
1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 309 Pains in the stomach, nausea, squeamishness.
1878 J. MacGregor in F. Balfour Life & Lett. J. MacGregor (1912) xi. 331 We had a desperately rough passage, which in spite of one day's squeamishness I greatly enjoyed.
b. Const. of (the stomach). Also figurative.
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1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 102 The women of that City it seems pretend much weaknesse and squemishnesse of stomach.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 286. ⁋1 A good Constitution appears in the Soundness and Vigour of the Parts, not in the Squeamishness of the Stomach.
1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost I. Pref. 6 A voluminous Paraphrase not agreeing with the squeamishness of an Oxford Stomach.
a. Disdainfulness; haughty reserve. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [noun]
highnesseOE
orgelnessOE
orgelOE
orgula1200
hautainesse1297
deignoushedec1330
daina1400
hautesse1399
hautainetya1450
orgulitya1470
courage1484
haughtness1489
stateliness1509
stomacha1513
heighta1525
stiffness1526
fastidie1536
disdainfulness1548
loftiness1548
fastidiousness?1555
haughtiness1555
high-mindedness1571
squeamishness1580
hichtiness1596
morguec1598
signory1598
superciliosity1606
overliness1610
superciliousness1622
excelsity1623
hauteura1628
cavalierism1643
supercilium1657
condescendency1667
supercile1679
uncondescension1681
superbness1682
fastidiosity1704
condescension1752
aristocratism1792
aristocracy1822
patricianism1826
touch-me-not-ishness1836
cavalierishness1860
patronization1944
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Desdaing, disdaine, despite, squeamishnesse.
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues at Boutique A prouerbe taxing th' enuie, or squeamishnesse of cunning Artists, who..conceale from the world their excellent gifts.
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. Squaimishnesse, verachtinge.
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the mind > emotion > humility > modesty > shyness or bashfulness > [noun]
shamefastnessc1200
shamefulnessa1340
nicetya1387
scurna1400
bashednessc1440
bashfulness1539
nicenessc1550
shamefacedness1555
to lie aback1636
shyness1651
squeamishness1720
shrinkingness1835
1720 D. Manley Power of Love i. 41 If her Vertue and Squeamishness should reject the Offers of his Heart.
3. The quality or condition of being highly or excessively fastidious or dainty in some respect.
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the mind > attention and judgement > good taste > refinement > fastidiousness > [noun]
curiosityc1386
delicacya1393
curiousnessc1440
delicatesse1509
delicateness?1529
daintethness1548
exquisiteness?c1550
over-curiousness1573
featness1577
daintiness1579
dainty1590
finicality1594
niceness1604
squeamishness1654
fastidiousness1661
choicenessa1665
overnicety1664
finicalness1675
hypercriticism1678
overniceness1694
nicety1723
over-delicacy1745
daintihood1780
finickiness1833
finicism1844
over-criticism1859
overfineness1859
particularness1859
faddiness1865
finicking1869
picksomeness1881
pernicketiness1890
perfectionism1937
choosiness1945
pickiness1952
1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 261 It being a Squeamishnesse to forbeare satisfying his Appetite..because somewhat may be wanting in some Dishes Preparation.
1693 Apol. Clergy Scotl. 106 A Fanatick Squeamishness that will not allow the Title of Doctor to any Clergy Man.
1711 J. Anderson Countrey-man's Let. to Curat 58 They address'd His Majesty, and Roundly Condemn'd the Bishops for their Squeamishness.
1782 F. Burney Cecilia III. vi. iv. 253 Now pray speak the truth without squeamishness.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xvi. 151 I have undergone too much..to feel pride or squeamishness now.
1885 Law Times 79 223/2 The squeamishness of certain judges has contributed not a little to the result.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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