| qualm | 1. Sickness; disease; pestilence; death. " thousand slain and not of qualm ystorve [dead]" (Chaucer) 2. A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony. " Qualms of heartsick agony." 3. Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea. "For who, without a qualm, hath ever looked On holy garbage, though by Homer cooked?" (Roscommon) 4. A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction. Origin: AS. Cwealm death, slaughter, pestilence, akin to OS. & OHG. Qualm. See Quail to cower. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| qualmish | Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor; inclined to vomit. Qualm"ishly, Qualm"ishness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |