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.
2.
Fastidious; squeamish; delicate; easily disturbed; unsettled; ticklish.
" A
queasy question."
Shak.
Some seek, when queasy conscience has its qualms.
Cowper.
© Webster 1913.