• Squeamish

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    Origin

    From an alteration of earlier squeamous, substituting -ous for -ish.

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    Adjective

    squeamish

    1. easily bothered or upset; tending to be nauseated or nervousHe might have made a good doctor, had he not been so squeamish about the sight of blood.
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