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Traditional English :: queasy
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queasines.html - adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 a (of a person) feeling nausea. b (of a person's stomach) easily upset, weak of digestion. 2 (of the conscience etc.) overscrupulous, tender. queasily adv. queasiness n. [ME queysy, coisy perh. f. AF & OF, rel. to OF coisir hurt] |
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Traditional English :: quean
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queasines.html - n.
archaic an impudent or ill-behaved girl or woman. [OE cwene woman: cf. QUEEN] |
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Traditional English :: queasy
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queasines.html - adj. (-ier, -iest) 1 a (of a person) feeling nausea. b (of a person's stomach) easily upset, weak of digestion. 2 (of the conscience etc.) overscrupulous, tender. queasily adv. queasiness n. [ME queysy, coisy perh. f. AF & OF, rel. to OF coisir hurt] |
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English Idioms :: queen
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queasines.html - See: HOMECOMING QUEEN. |
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English Idioms :: queer fish
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queasines.html - {n.} A strange or unusual person who does odd things. * /Uncle Algernon dresses in heavy furs in the summer and short-sleeved shirts in the winter. No wonder everyone considers him a queer fish./ |
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English Idioms :: queer oneself
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queasines.html - {v. phr.} To act in such a manner as to offend others and thus one's own chances or position. * /Phil has queered himself with many girls by his erratic behavior./ |
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