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squeamous

squeamous adjective: squeamish.

Adjective

squeamous (comparative more squeamous, superlative most squeamous)

  1. (obsolete) squeamish

Forms of squeamous

comparativemore squeamous
superlativemost squeamous
alternative form (dialectal)swaimous

Origin of squeamous

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.

Questions about squeamous

What does squeamous mean?
Squeamous means squeamish.
What part of speech is squeamous?
Squeamous is an adjective.

Words near squeamous in the dictionary

  1. squealy
  2. squeamish
  3. squeamishly
  4. squeamishness
  5. squeamishnesses
  6. squeamous
  7. squeamy
  8. squeasiness
  9. squeasy
  10. squeaziness
  11. squeazy

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