"squeamous" meaning in English

See squeamous in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more squeamous [comparative], most squeamous [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English squaimous, queimous, swaymos, sweymows, partly from Anglo-Norman escoimus, escoymous, of unknown origin (possibly from the English); and partly from Middle English sweme, sweyme, swayme, sqweme (“sorrow, grief, unconsciousness, dizzy spell, faintness”) + -ous. See sweam and sweem. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|squaimous}} Middle English squaimous, {{der|en|xno|escoimus}} Anglo-Norman escoimus, {{unk|en|nocap=1}} unknown, {{m+|enm|sweme}} Middle English sweme, {{suf|enm||-ous|nocat=1}} + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} squeamous (comparative more squeamous, superlative most squeamous)
  1. (obsolete) squeamish Tags: obsolete Synonyms: swaimous [dialectal]
    Sense id: en-squeamous-en-adj-D1aQTvIh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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