squaimous
Middle English
Alternative forms
- squaymous
Adjective
squaimous
- squeamish
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Miller's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3337-3338:
- But sooth to seyn, he was somdel squaymous
Of farting, and of speche daungerous.- But to say the truth, he was somewhat squeamish
About farting, and fastidious in his speech.
- But to say the truth, he was somewhat squeamish
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Miller's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3337-3338:
References
- “squaimous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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