qualmy

adj

qualmy

adj

Etymology From qualm + -y.

1

queasy; nauseous

Weary, listening to the whistling and the shuffling of feet, felt a queer, qualmy feeling in the region of his diaphragm, and he yielded to a hunger for consolation and company in his misery.1904, B. M. Bower, The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories:

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