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Although the sense development is possible, this has the problem that there are no attestations in intermediate senses before the appearance of \"pang of apprehension, etc.\" in the 16th century. The alternative etymology is from Dutch kwalm or German Qualm (“steam, vapor, mist”) earlier “daze, stupefaction”, which is from the root of German quellen (“to stream, well up”). The sense “feeling of faintness” is from 1530; “uneasiness, doubt” from 1553; “scruple of conscience” from 1649.", "forms": [{"form": "qualms", "tags": ["plural"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "qualm (plural qualms)", "name": "en-noun"}], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "related": [{"word": "quell"}], "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "1692, Roger L’Estrange, “[Miscellany Fables.] Fab[le] CCCLXXXIII. 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Not yet, anyway.[…]\"", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2012 August 25, Andy Pasztor, “Armstrong, first man on Moon, dies”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:", "text": "Opponents of those privatization plans hoped to use Mr. [Neil] Armstrong's qualms as ammunition to block the White House initiatives, and they asked for more public statements.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2021 September 22, Caroline Siede, “Dear Evan Hansen is a misfire on just about every level”, in AV Club:", "text": "Questions of bad taste have hung around Dear Evan Hansen since it debuted on Broadway in 2016, though such qualms were mostly drowned out by praise for Platt’s visceral live performance and the catchy Broadway-by-way-of-Christian-rock tunes from wunderkind songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (who are also responsible for the toe-tapping numbers from The Greatest Showman).", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc."], "links": 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