SQUEAMISH, adjective [probably from the root of wamble.] Literally, having a stomach that is easily turned, or that readily nauseates any thing; hence, nice to excess in taste; fastidious; easily disgusted; apt to be offended at trifling improprieties; scrupulous. Quoth he, that honors very squeamish that takes a basting for a blemish. His muse is rustic, and perhaps too plain the men of squeamish taste to entertain.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI