excessively fastidious and easily disgusted; "too nice about his food to take to camp cooking"; "so squeamish he would only touch the toilet handle with his elbow"
Having a stomach that is easily or nauseated; hence, nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling improprieties
squeamishness
Silbentrennung
squeam·ish·ness
Türkische aussprache
skwimîşnıs
Aussprache
/ˈskwēməsʜnəs/ /ˈskwiːmɪʃnəs/
Etymologie
[ 'skwE-mish ] (adjective.) 15th century. Middle English squaymisch, modification of Anglo-French escoymous.