qualmish

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Stiff, qualmish, vacant of body, heart, and brain, I left my penitential boulder and crawled down to the road.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

"I am fain to see it, for I am waundy qualmish dancing to this up-an'-down tune, wi' nought but the wind for my fiddle."

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John

He would never consent to such strong measures, as might seem convenient to less qualmish persons.

From The Maid of Honour, Volume 2 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Wingfield, Lewis

The gallant fellow's stomach, too, was qualmish and disturbed.

From The House by the Church-Yard by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan

Yet, notwithstanding folks might scout it, It suited qualmish Spinsters, who fell sick, And didn’t wish the world to know about it.

From Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers." by Colman, George