coysy
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queasy — also queazy adjective (queasier; est) Etymology: Middle English coysy, qwesye Date: 15th century 1. a. causing nausea < queasy motion > b. suffering from nausea ; nauseated 2. full of doubt … New Collegiate Dictionary
queasy — (adj.) mid 15c., coysy, possibly from O.N. kveisa boil, perhaps influenced by Anglo Fr. queisier, from O.Fr. coisier to wound, hurt, make uneasy, from the same Germanic root as kveisa. But history is obscure and evidences of development are… … Etymology dictionary
