queasy

Meaning

Adjective

Experiencing or causing nausea or uneasiness, often characterized by an unsettled stomach.
Easily troubled; squeamish.

Origin

From Middle English coysy, possibly from Old Norse kveisa ("boil") ( > Norwegian kveise/kvise), perhaps influenced by Anglo-Norman queisier, from Old French coisier ("to wound, hurt, make uneasy").

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