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s | squeamish |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective squeamish is

easily bothered or upset; tending to be nauseated or nervous.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    squeamish

    English

    Alternative forms

    * sweamish, swaimish (dialectal) * squeimish, squemish, squeamous (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • easily bothered or upset; tending to be nauseated or nervous
    • He might have made a good doctor, had he not been so squeamish about the sight of blood.