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qualm
English
Alternative forms
- calm (dialectal)
Etymology
Perhaps from Middle English qualm, cwalm (“death, sickness, plague”), which is from Old English cwealm (West Saxon: "death, disaster, plague"), ?tcualm (Anglian: "utter destruction"), from Proto-West Germanic *kwalm (“killing, death, destruction”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?elH- (“to stick, pierce; pain, injury, death”), whence also quell. Although the sense development is possible, this has the problem that there are no attestations in intermediate senses before the appearance of "pang of apprehension, etc." in the 16th century. The alternative etymology is from Dutch kwalm or German Qualm "steam, vapor, mist," earlier "daze, stupefaction", which is from the root of German quellen (“to stream, well up”). The sense "feeling of faintness" is from 1530; "uneasiness, doubt" from 1553; "scruple of conscience" from 1649.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /kw?m/, /kw?m/, /kw?lm/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kw??m/, /kw??m/
Noun
qualm (plural qualms)
- A feeling of apprehension, doubt, fear etc. [from 16th c.]
- A sudden sickly feeling; queasiness. [from 16th c.]
- A prick of the conscience; a moral scruple, a pang of guilt. (Now often in negative constructions.) [from 17th c.]
- (archaic, Britain dialectal) Mortality; plague; pestilence.
- (archaic, Britain dialectal) A calamity or disaster.
Synonyms
- compunction
- misgiving
- scruple
- unease/uneasiness
- See Thesaurus:apprehension
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Verb
qualm (third-person singular simple present qualms, present participle qualming, simple past and past participle qualmed)
- (intransitive) To have a sickly feeling.
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “qualm”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Middle English
Alternative forms
- cwalm, cualm, qwalm, qualme
Etymology
From Old English cwealm, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kwalm/
Noun
qualm
- Plague, disease or sickness; that which afflicts.
- The effects, fruits, or ravages of plague.
- (rare) Killing (as a concept or as an instance)
Descendants
- English: qualm (possibly)
- Scots: qualm (possibly)
References
- “qualm, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-12.
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misgiving
English
Etymology
From misgive , from mis- +? give, from Middle English give (“suggest, given”). Compare given and what gives.
Noun
misgiving (plural misgivings)
- doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
Usage notes
Almost always used in the plural.
Synonyms
- doubt
- See Thesaurus:apprehension
Translations
References
Further reading
- misgiving in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- misgiving in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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