kecklish
English
editEtymology
editAdjective
editkecklish (comparative more kecklish, superlative most kecklish)
- Inclined to vomit; squeamish.
- 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “[Book X.]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:
- The female Penyroiall […] staieth a kecklish stomack.
References
edit- “kecklish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.