- squeamish (adj.)
[squeamish 词源字典]
- late 14c., variant (with -ish) of squoymous "disdainful, fastidious" (early 14c.), from Anglo-French escoymous, which is of unknown origin. Related: Squeamishly; squeamishness.
He was somdel squaymous
[squeamish etymology, squeamish origin, 英语词源]
Of fartyng, and of speche daungerous
[Chaucer, "Miller's Tale," c. 1386]