Queasy, 1) inclined to nausea, squeamish, fastidious: “in despite of his quick wit and his q. stomach he shall fall in love with Beatrice,” Ado II, 1, 399. q. with == disgusted with: “q. with his insolence,” Ant. III, 6, 20.
2) ticklish, nice: “I have one thing of q. question, which I must act,” Lr. II, 1, 19.*
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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