qualmish
Example Sentences
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So, conscience being a brave supporter, I abode in silence, though not without many queer and qualmish thoughts, and a pit-patting of the heart, not unco pleasant in the tholing.
From The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself by Moir, David Macbeth
In the sense of nervous weakness, or, perhaps more correctly, nervine weakness, the word should probably be nervish, analogous to qualmish, squeamish, aguish, feverish, &c.
He would never consent to such strong measures, as might seem convenient to less qualmish persons.
From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis
Naturally our handsome youth felt rather qualmish under the circumstances, and he would have given his carriage and horses to have had eyes at the back of his head.
From The Fourth Estate, vol. 2 by Palacio Vald?s, Armando
Flattery is the destruction of all good fellowship; it is like a qualmish liqueur in the midst of a bottle of wine.
From Vivian Grey by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
