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ˈsqueamishness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
1. The state of being affected with nausea or qualms; sickishness.
a1586Sidney Arcadia ii. (Sommer) 165 Mopsa..at the first for squeamishnes going vp & downe, with her head like a boate in a storme. 1655Culpepper, etc. tr. Riverius i. vii. 30 These are forerunners of our Epilepsy; disdain of meat, or immoderate Appetite, Squeamishness, heart-burning. 1692E. Walker tr. Epictetus, Mor. xxxv, You should consider..Whether that Squeamishness you can forget, That makes you keep an Almanack for Meat. 1756C. Smart tr. Horace, Sat. ii. ii. (1826) II. 97 When exercise has worked off your squeamishness..then let me see you despise mean viands. 1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) I. 359 Pains in the stomach, nausea, squeamishness. 1878J. MacGregor in F. Balfour Life (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 fig.
1648Gage West Ind. 102 The women of that City it seems pretend much weaknesse and squemishnesse of stomach. 1712Steele Spect. No. 286 ⁋1 A good Constitution appears in the Soundness and Vigour of the Parts, not in the Squeamishness of the Stomach. 1715tr. Pancirollus' Memor. Things I. Pref. 6 A voluminous Paraphrase not agreeing with the squeamishness of an Oxford Stomach.
†2.
a. Disdainfulness; haughty reserve. Obs.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Desdaing, disdaine, despite, squeamishnesse. 1611Cotgr. s.v. Boutique, A prouerbe taxing th' enuie, or squeamishnesse of cunning Artists, who..conceale from the world their excellent gifts. 1647Hexham i, Squaimishnesse, verachtinge.
†b. Modest reserve or coyness. Obs.—1
1720Mrs. Manley Power of Love (1741) 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.
1654Whitlock Zootomia 261 It being a Squeamishnesse to forbeare satisfying his Appetite..because somewhat may be wanting in some Dishes Preparation. 1693Apol. Clergy Scotl. 106 A Fanatick Squeamishness that will not allow the Title of Doctor to any Clergy Man. 1711Countrey-Man's Lett. Curat. 58 They address'd His Majesty, and Roundly Condemn'd the Bishops for their Squeamishness. 1782F. Burney Cecilia vi. iv, Now pray speak the truth without squeamishness. 1839Dickens Nich. Nick. xvi, I have undergone too much..to feel pride or squeamishness now. 1885Law Times LXXIX. 223/2 The squeamishness of certain judges has contributed not a little to the result. |