qualmish

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Yet, notwithstanding folks might scout it, It suited qualmish Spinsters, who fell sick, And didn’t wish the world to know about it.

From Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers." by Colman, George

The qualmish knave, no longer brave, Could only groan, “Not I.”

From Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk by Wheeler, Daniel Edwin

He was qualmish, but his Saga of triumph upheld him.

From Letters of Travel (1892-1913) by Kipling, Rudyard

To be frank, I felt qualmish, and though I did not exactly say as much, having a sober regard for the censure of my friend, yet, in a measure, I did indeed voice my doubts.

From The God of Love by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

Stiff, qualmish, vacant of body, heart, and brain, I left my penitential boulder and crawled down to the road.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis