单词 | queamish |
释义 | † queamishadj. Obsolete. = squeamish adj.In quot. 1680 perhaps merely a typographical error for squeamish. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > emotionally detached queamishc1430 squeamish1561 dry1637 unconcerned1660 inconcerned1688 aloof1872 stocky1876 detached1913 clinical1928 c1430 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Cambr. Gg.4.27) 3337 Soth to seyn, he was sumdel coymous [v.rr. squaymous; squeymous] Of fartynge, & of speche daungerous. ?a1475 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) (1908) 413 Skeymowse or qweymows, abhominati[u]us. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V iv. viii. 71 Why tis a good shilling man. Why should you be queamish? 1680 R. Head Eng. Rogue (new ed.) ii. xxxv. 305 I have several [women]..who serve for the extraordinary accommodation of my best sort of Guests, and those are such as are so queamish [1668 squeamish] stomached, that will not see one face above two or three times. Derivatives queamishly adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adverb] > with emotional detachment dry1513 squeamishly1571 queamishly1594 dryly1622 unconcernedly1636 aloofly1891 1594 G. Chapman Σκìα Νυκτòς Ded. sig. Aij They queimishlie commende it for a pretie toy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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