Quea"sy (?), a. [Icel. kweisa pain; cf. Norw. kveis sickness after a debauch.]

1.

Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to vomit; qualmish.

2.

Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled; ticklish.

" A queasy question."

Shak.

Some seek, when queasy conscience has its qualms. Cowper.

 

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