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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

WAUMISH, adj. Faint and sickish, squeamish, out of sorts, dizzy (Ags. 1891 Arbroath Guide (24 Oct.) 4; Uls. 1953 Traynor, Ags., Fif. 1973). [′wɑ:mɪʃ]Ags. 1894 J. B. Salmond My Man Sandy (1899) 101:
I began to be akinda waumish. The haivers o' the twa spooney craturs juist garred me feel like's I'd taen a fizzy drink or something.
Ags. 1896 A. Blair Rantin Robin 83:
Eh sirs! I was in an unco waumish state.

[Orig. doubtful, poss. a semantic development from obs. Eng. walm, a heaving, upsurge, boiling and bubbling. Mid.Eng. has walmynge, nausea, which N.E.D. takes as a met. form from Wammle . In Sc. the word is peculiar to Ags.]

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