From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
queasy
adj : feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit [syn: nauseated,
sick, sickish]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Queasy \Quea"sy\, a. [Icel. kweisa pain; cf. Norw. kveis
sickness after a debauch.]
1. Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea; inclined to
vomit; qualmish.
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2. Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed;
unsettled; ticklish. " A queasy question." --Shak.
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Some seek, when queasy conscience has its qualms.
--Cowper.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:
QUEASY
An early system on the IBM 701.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
(1995-01-25)