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squeamous.

squeamish

9 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. squeamish

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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.

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