adj. (-ier, -iest)
1. a (of a person) feeling nausea. b (of a person's stomach) easily upset, weak of digestion.
2 (of the conscience etc.) overscrupulous, tender.
Derivatives:
queasily adv. queasiness n.
Etymology: ME queysy, coisy perh. f. AF & OF, rel. to OF coisir hurt