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語源

Origin obscure. Likely a merger of earlier squeamous (“squeamish”), from 中期英語 squaimous, queimous, from Anglo-Norman escoimus, escoymous, of unknown origin; and dialectal English sweamish, sweemish (“faint, squeamish”), from sweam (“dizziness, sudden qualm of sickness”) and dialectal sweem (“to swoon, be faint, be overcome, feel sick”), from 中期英語 swemen (“to grieve, make suffer, be faint of heart”), from 古期英語 *swǣman (“to grieve, trouble, afflict”). If so, then related to swim (“to be dizzy, swoon”). See also sweam.

発音

• IPA: /ˈskwiːmɪʃ/
• 韻: -iːmɪʃ

形容詞

squeamish (comparative more squeamish, superlative most squeamish)

1. Easily shocked, sickened or frightened; tending to be nauseated or nervous; oversensitive.

   He might have made a good doctor, had he not been so squeamish at the sight of blood.

2. Averse or reluctant.

派生語

Further reading

• Discussion of the unclear etymology of squeamish